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CVE-2026-104935

CVE-2026-104935 — Ivanti Connect Secure Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability

Authentication bypass by spoofing in ICS before version 25.1.3.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This does not impact ICS version 22.7R2.14 or prior.

Published Updated Sources: NVD, Ivanti (CNA), CISA, FIRST EPSS, GitHub, SOCRadar CTI

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Confirmed

CISA KEV, listed Oct 13, 2026

EPSS

26%

ahead of 98% of scored CVEs

Affects

Ivanti

4 products listed

CVSS base

8.6

high

CISA SSVC assessment

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

CISA

Exploitation

Active

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

Yes

can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

The vendor's own words where we have them.

Upgrade Connect Secure to a fixed release (25.1.3.0). Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.

CISA required action

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Federal deadline Oct 16, 2026 — in 1 day

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.

  • Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
  • Treat as emergency remediation because CISA KEV status is present.
  • Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatus
IvantiConnect Secure25.1.3.0Patched
IvantiConnect Secure25.1.3.1Patched
IvantiConnect Secure22.8R2.5Patched
IvantiConnect Secure22.7R2.14Patched

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Availability

Low

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Scope

Unchanged

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req

None

User Interaction

None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactSource
8.6CVSS 3.1high3.94.7CNA, Ivanti (CNA)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

What this weakness leads to

MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.

MITRE

CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

  • Bypass Protection Mechanism
  • Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

Weakness & attack patterns

  • CWE-290

Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.

CAPEC-21 · Exploitation of Trusted IdentifiersCAPEC-22 · Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-459 · Creating a Rogue Certification Authority CertificateCAPEC-461 · Web Services API Signature Forgery Leveraging Hash Function Extension WeaknessCAPEC-473 · Signature SpoofCAPEC-476 · Signature Spoofing by MisrepresentationCAPEC-59 · Session Credential Falsification through PredictionCAPEC-60 · Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay)CAPEC-94 · Man in the Middle Attack
  • T1134Access Token Manipulation
  • T1528Steal Application Access Token
  • T1539Steal Web Session Cookie

CISA KEV details

CISA lists a CVE here once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.

Listed

Oct 13, 2026

Federal deadline

Oct 16, 2026

in 1 day

Ransomware use

Unknown

CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a date to argue against.

Public exploit

Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.

Repositories

15

Social mentions

Posts naming this CVE. Attention, not evidence of exploitation — it spikes on disclosure and decays whether or not anything is exploited.

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.

  • Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable Connect Secure.
  • Monitor for scanner or exploit-pattern traffic after 15 public PoC repositories were reported.
web/proxy/WAF logsapplication logsnetwork IDS/IPSidentity provider logsauthentication audit logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.

  1. 2026
  2. Added to CISA KEV catalog

    Oct 13, 2026 · CISA

  3. Added · CVSS 3.1 8.6 (AV:N)

    Oct 13, 2026 · NVD

  4. Initial · CVE published

    Oct 13, 2026 · NVD

  5. CVE published by MITRE.

    Oct 13, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI

Source activity

Readings a source repeats on a schedule, counted rather than listed.

  • 2×SvrsOct 14, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
  • 1×Tweets · 22 times tweeted.Oct 14, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
  • 1×CVE appeared in the Cve Trends.Oct 14, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
  • 1×CVE modified by NIST: CISA KEV details updated.Oct 13, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
  • 1×Github_Repos · Github repository created, ApexBreach/CVE-2026-104935-Proof-of-conceptOct 13, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI

References

3 on the record

Coverage

6 stories from the feeds we poll

Elsewhere on this site

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-104935 is Ivanti Connect Secure Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability, a high vulnerability affecting Connect Secure from Ivanti. The current evidence lists it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Yes: CISA KEV signal present. Public exploit evidence is: 15 public PoC repositories reported; 0 marked weaponized in current dataset. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 8.6 describes technical severity, while EPSS 26% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.