CVE-2021-22908

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 69.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-05-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Windows File Resource Profiles in 9.X allows a remote authenticated user with privileges to browse SMB shares to execute arbitrary code as the root user. As of version 9.1R3, this permission is not enabled by default.

Affected products

Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): 9.0, 9.0-r1, 9.0-r1.0, 9.0-r2, 9.0-r2.0, 9.0-r2.1 (+19)
Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Secure): 9.0rx

References

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44800/
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44800/
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/667933

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