On 2024-09-19, CISA added CVE-2024-8963 (Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA)) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog [2]. The vulnerability is listed in the catalog as "Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) Path Traversal Vulnerability" [2]. CISA requires remediation in accordance with the listed vendor mitigation guidance; see the original text in the body for specific requirements [2].
Backfill: this event became public on Sep 19, 2024 and we added it on Nov 10, 2026. It is not a new event.
CISA Adds Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) Vulnerability CVE-2024-8963 to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
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- Disclosed
- Sep 19, 2024
- Published
- Nov 10, 2026
- Last updated
- Nov 8, 2026
- CVSS basis
- Our assessment
- 98.6%, higher than 100% of CVEs
- Exploitation and patch status
- ExploitedKEV
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- Vulnerability status
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What happened
Who is affected
Industries mainly affected: Government, Cross-industry
What to do nowOur advice
CISA requires remediation in accordance with the listed vendor mitigation guidance; see the original text in the body for specific requirements [2].
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Technical details
CISA KEV Listing Record
CISA added CVE-2024-8963 (Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA)) to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities () catalog on 2024-09-19 [2].
Original Technical Description
Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to access restricted functionality. If CVE-2024-8963 is used in conjunction with CVE-2024-8190, an attacker could bypass admin authentication and execute arbitrary commands on the appliance. [2]
Official Required Action
As Ivanti CSA has reached End-of-Life status, users are urged to remove CSA 4.6.x from service or upgrade to the 5.0.x line of supported solutions, as future vulnerabilities on the 4.6.x version of CSA are unlikely to receive security updates. [2]
Individual Vulnerability Record
The U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) provides an independent vulnerability record and description for CVE-2024-8963 [1].
References
Official / primary3
- [1]
“Path Traversal in the Ivanti CSA before 4.6 Patch 519 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to access restricted functionality.”
- [2]CISA2024-09-19Accessed 2026-11-07
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