CVE-2019-11538

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4, 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1, 8.2RX...

7.7 High

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4, 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1, 8.2RX before 8.2R12.1, and 8.1RX before 8.1R15.1, an NFS problem could allow an authenticated attacker to access the contents of arbitrary files on the affected device.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

7.29%Up 5.8 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.7

Record: CVE-2019-11538
CVSS 3.0: 7.7 HighCVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:L/S:C/UI:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2019-3209 7.7

Record: EUVD-2019-3209
CVSS 3.0: 7.7 HighCVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:L/S:C/UI:N
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9c6c-f33q-qhr3 7.7

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4, 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1, 8.2RX...

Record: GHSA-9c6c-f33q-qhr3
CVSS 3.1: 7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.7

Record: CVE-2019-11538
CVSS 3.1: 7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0: 7.7 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

ivanti connect secure

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-11538 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.7) in Ivanti Connect Secure, published April 26, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.29%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.