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CVE-2020-8219

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-280

Description

An insufficient permission check vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to change the password of a full administrator.

Affected products

• Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): 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)
• Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): through 9.0
• Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure: through 9.0

References

• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516

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