CVE-2023-38041

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-367

Description

A logged in user may elevate its permissions by abusing a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition. When a particular process flow is initiated, an attacker can exploit this condition to gain unauthorized elevated privileges on the affected system.

Affected products

Ivanti Secure Access Client: before 22.6 — fixed in 22.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ivanti Secure Access Client 22.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/CVE-2023-38041-New-client-side-release-to-address-a-privilege-escalation-on-Windows-user-machines?language=en_US
https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/CVE-2023-38041-New-client-side-release-to-address-a-privilege-escalation-on-Windows-user-machines?language=en_US

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