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CVE-2020-8218: Pulse Connect Secure Code Injection Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-07
• EPSS: 32.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.

Affected products

• Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): through 9.0; 9.1, 9.1-r1, 9.1-r2, 9.1-r3, 9.1-r4, 9.1-r4.1 (+5)
• Ivanti Policy Secure: 9.1, 9.1-r1, 9.1-r2, 9.1-r3, 9.1-r3.1, 9.1-r4 (+5)
• Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure: through 9.0

References

• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516
• https://www.gosecure.net/blog/2020/11/13/forget-your-perimeter-part-2-four-vulnerabilities-in-pulse-connect-secure/
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516
• https://www.gosecure.net/blog/2020/11/13/forget-your-perimeter-part-2-four-vulnerabilities-in-pulse-connect-secure/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8218

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