Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile < 12.8.0.4 / 12.9.x < 12.9.0.2 / 12.10.0.0 Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-18851)

high Nessus Plugin ID 344793

Synopsis

Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile, formerly MobileIron Core, running on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile, formerly MobileIron Core, running on the remote host is prior to 12.8.0.4, or 12.9.x prior to 12.9.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability:

- Missing authorization in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile before version 12.10.0.0, 12.9.0.2, and 12.8.0.4 allows a remote authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges to admin. (CVE-2026-18851)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile version 12.8.0.4, 12.9.0.2, 12.10.0.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9389dbb5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 344793

File Name: ivanti_endpoint_manager_mobile_12_9_0_2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/11/2026

Updated: 9/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.19

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-18851

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ivanti:endpoint_manager_mobile, cpe:/a:ivanti:mobileiron, cpe:/a:mobileiron:core

Required KB Items: installed_sw/MobileIron Core

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-18851