CVE-2026-10523
Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
An Authentication Bypass vulnerability (CWE-288) in Ivanti Sentry before the R10.5.2, R10.6.2 and R10.7.1 versions allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to create arbitrary administrative accounts and obtain full administrative access
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
53% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
14 events over 45 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- EPSS band changemoderate → highepss band change
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Analysis publishedPatch tonight: CVE-2026-10520 is a CVSS 10 pre-auth root shell on Ivanti Sentry
- EPSS band changelow → moderate
- EPSS band changelow → moderate
- EPSS band changelow → moderate
Affected products
Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 9.9 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
In the news
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- Ivanti Sentry Exploitation Attempts Hitting Honeypots
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- Rapid7
- Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Fortinet, Ivanti Products
- Ivanti: Max severity Sentry flaw allows code execution as root
- Ivanti Sentry RCE: Publicly Disclosed PoC for CVSS 10
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