# CVE-2024-8963: Ivanti CSA - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-8963 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-8963

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Background Noise. Continuous low-level scanning or exploitation attempts are observed, mostly opportunistic and automated.
- **CVSS score:** 9.4
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))
- **Tags:** sslvpn, enterprise_software

## Description

Path Traversal in the Ivanti CSA before 4.6 Patch 519 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to access restricted functionality.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-8963](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8963) is a critical vulnerability in Ivanti CSA that enables remote unauthenticated attackers to perform path traversal, potentially allowing access to restricted functionalities and sensitive data.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 27th of November 2024.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2024-8963 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting.
Data from the CrowdSec community also indicates a gradual decrease in attacks targeting CVE-2024-8963. While still present in the wild, exploitation levels have dropped noticeably week-over-week. This may signal that the vulnerability is becoming less relevant or that defenses are improving fast enough for attackers to lose interest.

Attack attempts often involve requests to URLs containing the pattern `index.php?.php/`.

## Timeline

- 2024-09-19: CVE Published. CVE-2024-8963 is published to NVD.
- 2024-09-19: CISA KEV. CVE-2024-8963 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2024-10-10: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).
- 2024-11-27: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-8963 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2024-11-27: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-8963 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-8963.yaml

## Live exploitation data

The [Live Exploit Tracker page](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-8963) follows observed exploitation activity for CVE-2024-8963. [Request an API key](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/request-api-key) for full access to its exploitation timeline, attacking IP addresses and blocklists.