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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-8218

Pulse Connect Secure Code Injection Vulnerability

Published Jul 30, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure

Patch now

CVE-2020-8218 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 7, 2022. Confirm Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.2
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
32.25%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe ivanti/connect secure · cpe ivanti/policy secure · vendor Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • cpe ivanti/connect secure9.1
  • cpe ivanti/policy secure9.1
  • vendor Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secureversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-8218

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-8218 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 7, 2022. Confirm Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with ivanti/connect secure 9.1; ivanti/policy secure 9.1. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 32.25%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 30, 2020 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Mar 7, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Sep 7, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8218

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

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8218

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-8218

    30-day exploitation probability 32.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8218

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8218

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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.