Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Ivanti · Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)
Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) 12.5.0.0 and prior contains an authentication bypass in its API component. An attacker with network access can reach protected resources through the API without valid credentials, requiring no privileges and no user interaction.
An authentication bypass in the API component of Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile 12.5.0.0 and prior allows attackers to access protected resources without proper credentials via the API.
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 3/15
How an attack unfolds
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First seen exploited the day it was disclosed. Public exploit code (Metasploit) was available the same day.
- Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+6 days
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
3 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 3Initial AccessTA0001
By sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request to the Ivanti EPMM endpoint, an attacker can bypass the authentication mechanisms. This can be chained with CVE-2025-4428 to achieve remote code execution.
ExecutionTA0002
PersistenceTA0003
Lower-confidence links (1)
These come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict this CVE’s details (for example a public-facing technique on a bug that needs a user to open a file). Shown for completeness.
- Exploitation for Client ExecutionT1203 server-side bug exploitable without user interaction; client-execution technique does not fit
Detection
1 rule for this CVE · 279 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
1Sigma ruleAn open, vendor-neutral detection rule for log data. Security teams convert Sigma rules into searches for their own SIEM. that reference CVE-2025-4427 directly.General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1190149 general rules
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Web ShellT1505.00335 general rules
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- Antivirus - Web Shell Detection Signaturehightest
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What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 30, 202629 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 29, 202628 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 28, 202627 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 27, 202626 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 24, 202623 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 23, 202622 Oct 2026
- 44 more on OTX