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CVE-2026-12648

moderate

Authenticated Deserialization RCE in Ivanti Neurons for ITSM

CVSS 3.1
8.8 high
EPSS
1%p72
Published
()
Modified
AI analysis

Ivanti Neurons for ITSM versions before 2026.2 contain a deserialization of untrusted data flaw (CWE-502) that lets an attacker execute arbitrary code on the server. The flaw is triggered when the application deserializes attacker-controlled data, and it can be exploited remotely by any authenticated user with low-level privileges, without user interaction. Successful exploitation yields code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability (CVSS 3.1: 8.8). Only organizations running vulnerable, self-hosted or on-prem instances of Ivanti Neurons for ITSM are affected; Ivanti's fixed release is 2026.2. Exploitation has not been observed in the wild, no public proof-of-concept is known, and the flaw is not yet in CISA's KEV catalog, with EPSS estimating a modest ~1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What to do: Upgrade Ivanti Neurons for ITSM to release 2026.2 or later. Because exploitation requires valid low-privilege credentials, limit the application's exposure to the internet where possible, review accounts for unnecessary access, and check authentication and application logs for unusual activity from authenticated users.

Affected
Ivanti Neurons for ITSMall versions before 2026.2
Estimated exposure
moderateon the order of thousands of enterprise instances worldwide (estimate) — Ivanti Neurons for ITSM is an enterprise ITSM platform typically deployed one instance per organization, and Ivanti's ITSM customer base is plausibly in the low thousands of organizations, so the number of vulnerable deployments is…

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

Description

A Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Ivanti Neurons for ITSM before 2026.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server.

Weakness
CWE-502
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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.