CISA Issues Emergency Directive on Ivanti Vulnerabilities - 20240122002¶
Overview¶
Since the publishing of Advisory 20240119003, CISA has issued an Emergency Directive (ED 24-01) in response to active vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure.
At the time of writing, this directive is only meant for United States operated Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies, however CISA strongly encourages all organizations to address the vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure.
What has been observed?¶
Since publishing, Ivanti have updated their Security Advisory (link below) on January 20 with "Update workaround section about known race condition when pushing device configurations. This condition can impact negatively the XML remediation leaving customers vulnerable."
Additionally, CISA have noted they will update their alert page (link below) with further mitigations and patches as they become available.
Recommendation¶
The WA SOC recommends administrators apply the solutions as per vendor instructions to all affected devices within expected timeframe of 48 Hours... (refer Patch Management):
Additional Resources¶
- CISA article "CISA Issues Emergency Directive on Ivanti Vulnerabilities": https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/01/19/cisa-issues-emergency-directive-ivanti-vulnerabilities
- CISA alert "Ivanti Releases Security Update for Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways": https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/01/10/ivanti-releases-security-update-connect-secure-and-policy-secure-gateways