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CVE-2026-12645

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Missing Authorization Flaw Enables Authenticated RCE in Ivanti Neurons for ITSM

CVSS 3.1
9.9 critical
EPSS
1%p67
Published
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Modified
AI analysis

CVE-2026-12645 is a critical Missing Authorization flaw (CWE-862) in Ivanti Neurons for ITSM, Ivanti's IT service management platform, where functionality on the server can be reached without the required authorization checks. A remote attacker who already holds valid low-privileged credentials can trigger the flaw with crafted requests to the affected component, and because the check is absent they can execute arbitrary code on the server. The CVSS scope-changed metric (S:C) indicates that successful exploitation may impact resources beyond the vulnerable component, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Organizations running Ivanti Neurons for ITSM in versions before 2026.2 are affected; the fix shipped as part of a batch of 10 patches across Ivanti's EPMM, Neurons for ITSM, and Sentry products. No exploitation in the wild, public proof-of-concept, or KEV listing is known, and EPSS currently estimates about a 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What to do: Upgrade Ivanti Neurons for ITSM to version 2026.2 or later per Ivanti's advisory. Until patched, restrict which accounts can reach the platform, watch for anomalous authenticated activity and unexpected server-side code execution, and check Ivanti's advisory for any interim mitigation or workaround guidance. Because exploitation requires valid credentials, also review accounts with low-privileged access to the ITSM instance for signs of compromise.

Affected
Ivanti Neurons for ITSMall versions before 2026.2
Estimated exposure
largeroughly 1,000-10,000 enterprise deployments/tenants, with aggregate internal users plausibly in the hundreds of thousands (exact counts not publicly published) — Neurons for ITSM is deployed once per organization (on-prem or SaaS tenant) rather than as millions of endpoints, and Ivanti serves a very large enterprise customer base across its portfolio, so the plausible order of magnitude is…

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ivanti Neurons for ITSM before 2026.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server.

Weakness
CWE-862
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

In the news

Ivanti EPMM, Neurons and Sentry Vulnerabilities Enable Privilege Escalation and RCE Attacks

Ivanti patched ten CVEs across EPMM, Neurons for ITSM and Sentry, including critical unauthenticated deserialization RCE; no active exploitation reported.

On September 8, 2026, Ivanti disclosed advisories covering ten CVEs in Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), Neurons for ITSM, and Sentry. The most severe are two unauthenticated deserialization RCE flaws in Neurons for ITSM, CVE-2026-12744 and CVE-2026-12745 (CVSS 9.8), plus three missing-authorization RCE bugs rated 9.9 and three authenticated deserialization RCE flaws. EPMM has CVE-2026-18851 (CVSS 8.8), an authenticated privilege escalation flaw, and Sentry has CVE-2026-83527 (CVSS 8.1), an authentication bypass. Ivanti reports no evidence of active exploitation; cloud/SaaS ITSM was patched on August 9, 2026, while on-premises 2025.2 through 2026.1 require September 2026 patches.

Ivanti Patches Critical Flaws Across Enterprise Security Products

Ivanti released September updates fixing six critical RCE flaws in Neurons for ITSM plus authentication bypasses in Sentry and EPMM; no exploitation seen.

Ivanti's September 2026 updates fix eight flaws in Neurons for ITSM, six of them critical remote code execution bugs with CVSS scores up to 9.9, including missing authorization issues (CVE-2026-12647, CVE-2026-12645, CVE-2026-12646) and deserialization flaws (CVE-2026-12650, CVE-2026-12744, CVE-2026-12745). Sentry releases R10.8.2, R10.7.3, and R10.6.4 patch CVE-2026-83527, an unauthenticated high-severity authentication bypass, while EPMM versions 12.10.0.0, 12.9.0.2, and 12.8.0.4 fix the authenticated bypass CVE-2026-18851. Ivanti says it is not aware of any exploitation in the wild. Citrix separately patched two medium-severity flaws in Workspace app for Windows.

Ivanti Patches 10 EPMM, Neurons for ITSM and Sentry Flaws Enabling RCE and Admin Access

Ivanti patches 10 flaws in EPMM, Neurons for ITSM, and Sentry, including two 9.8-rated unauthenticated RCEs in ITSM.

Ivanti released fixes for 10 vulnerabilities across Endpoint Manager Mobile, Neurons for ITSM, and Sentry, and said it was not aware of active exploitation at disclosure. The most severe are CVE-2026-12744 and CVE-2026-12745, unauthenticated deserialization RCEs rated 9.8 in Neurons for ITSM, alongside authenticated deserialization and missing-authorization RCEs rated up to 9.9. CVE-2026-18851 is an 8.8-rated EPMM privilege escalation to administrator, and CVE-2026-83527 is an 8.1-rated unauthenticated authentication bypass in Sentry granting administrative access. Ivanti said the ITSM weaknesses were found using large language models; Cloud/SaaS fixes shipped August 9, 2026, and on-premises patches are available from September 2026.