Pulse Connect Secure Code Injection Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-07
Federal due date
2022-09-07
Vendor
Pulse Secure
Product
Pulse Connect Secure
EPSS
99.7th percentile (score 0.911, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8218

CISA short description

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.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.