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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-8243

Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Sep 30, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure

Patch now

CVE-2020-8243 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy 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
90.76%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe ivanti/connect secure · vendor Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure · vendor Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure

Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure contains an unspecified vulnerability in the admin web interface that could allow an authenticated attacker to upload a custom template to perform code execution.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe ivanti/connect secure9.1
  • vendor Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secureversion unspecified
  • vendor Ivanti Pulse Connect Secureversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-8243

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-8243 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy 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. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 90.76%. 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. Sep 30, 2020 · Catalog

    Detected

    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure contains an unspecified vulnerability in the admin web interface that could allow an authenticated attacker to upload a custom template to perform code execution.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure contains an unspecified vulnerability in the admin web interface that could allow an authenticated attacker to upload a custom template to perform code execution.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8243

    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure contains an unspecified vulnerability in the admin web interface that could allow an authenticated attacker to upload a custom template to perform code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8243

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-8243

    30-day exploitation probability 90.8%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8243

    A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R8.2 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to upload custom template to perform an arbitrary code execution.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8243

    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure contains an unspecified vulnerability in the admin web interface that could allow an authenticated attacker to upload a custom template to perform code execution.

    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.