Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Code Execution Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Federal due date
2022-05-03
Vendor
Ivanti
Product
Pulse Connect Secure
EPSS
98.8th percentile (score 0.730, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8260

CISA short description

Pulse Connect Secure contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker to perform code execution using uncontrolled gzip extraction.

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.