CVE-2018-20812
An information exposure issue where IPv6 DNS traffic would be sent outside of the VPN tunnel ...
An information exposure issue where IPv6 DNS traffic would be sent outside of the VPN tunnel (when Traffic Enforcement was enabled) exists in Pulse Secure Pulse Secure Desktop 9.0R1 and below. This is applicable only to dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) endpoints.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An information exposure issue where IPv6 DNS traffic would be sent outside of the VPN tunnel (when Traffic Enforcement was enabled) exists in Pulse Secure Pulse Secure Desktop 9.0R1 and below. This is applicable only to dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) endpoints.
- Record
CVE-2018-20812- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An information exposure issue where IPv6 DNS traffic would be sent outside of the VPN tunnel (when Traffic Enforcement was enabled) exists in Pulse Secure Pulse Secure Desktop 9.0R1 and below. This is applicable only to dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) endpoints.
- Record
CVE-2018-20812- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13354 No score
An information exposure issue where IPv6 DNS traffic would be sent outside of the VPN tunnel (when Traffic Enforcement was enabled) exists in Pulse Secure Pulse Secure Desktop 9.0R1 and below. This is applicable only to dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) endpoints.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13354- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-64wp-r983-gxp4 No score
An information exposure issue where IPv6 DNS traffic would be sent outside of the VPN tunnel ...
An information exposure issue where IPv6 DNS traffic would be sent outside of the VPN tunnel (when Traffic Enforcement was enabled) exists in Pulse Secure Pulse Secure Desktop 9.0R1 and below. This is applicable only to dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) endpoints.
- Record
GHSA-64wp-r983-gxp4- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-20812 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client, published March 16, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.11%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.