CVE-2021-30497
Ivanti Avalanche (Premise) 6.3.2 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via...
Ivanti Avalanche (Premise) 6.3.2 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via Absolute Path Traversal. The imageFilePath parameter processed by the /AvalancheWeb/image endpoint is not verified to be within the scope of the image folder, e.g., the attacker can obtain sensitive information via the C:/Windows/system32/config/system.sav value.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Ivanti Avalanche (Premise) 6.3.2 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via Absolute Path Traversal. The imageFilePath parameter processed by the /AvalancheWeb/image endpoint is not verified to be within the scope of the image folder, e.g., the attacker can obtain sensitive information via the C:/Windows/system32/config/system.sav value.
- Record
CVE-2021-30497- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Ivanti Avalanche (Premise) 6.3.2 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via Absolute Path Traversal. The imageFilePath parameter processed by the /AvalancheWeb/image endpoint is not verified to be within the scope of the image folder, e.g., the attacker can obtain sensitive information via the C:/Windows/system32/config/system.sav value.
- Record
CVE-2021-30497- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-17418 No score
Ivanti Avalanche (Premise) 6.3.2 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via Absolute Path Traversal. The imageFilePath parameter processed by the /AvalancheWeb/image endpoint is not verified to be within the scope of the image folder, e.g., the attacker can obtain sensitive information via the C:/Windows/system32/config/system.sav value.
- Record
EUVD-2021-17418- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5pf7-7gpx-8vjv
Ivanti Avalanche (Premise) 6.3.2 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via...
Ivanti Avalanche (Premise) 6.3.2 allows remote unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via Absolute Path Traversal. The imageFilePath parameter processed by the /AvalancheWeb/image endpoint is not verified to be within the scope of the image folder, e.g., the attacker can obtain sensitive information via the C:/Windows/system32/config/system.sav value.
- Record
GHSA-5pf7-7gpx-8vjv- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.2 - Local File Inclusion |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-30497 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ivanti Avalanche, published April 6, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 96.6%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
help.ivanti.com/wl/help/en_us/aod/5.4/Avalanche/Console/Launching_the_Avalanche.htm
ssd-disclosure.com/ssd-advisory-ivanti-avalanche-directory-traversal
forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Alert-CVE-2021-30497-Directory-Traversal-Vulnerability?language=en_US
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30497
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5pf7-7gpx-8vjv