CVE-2020-8241
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 could allow the attacker to perform a...
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 could allow the attacker to perform a MITM Attack if end users are convinced to connect to a malicious server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 could allow the attacker to perform a MITM Attack if end users are convinced to connect to a malicious server.
- Record
CVE-2020-8241- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 could allow the attacker to perform a MITM Attack if end users are convinced to connect to a malicious server.
- Record
CVE-2020-8241- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29112 No score
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 could allow the attacker to perform a MITM Attack if end users are convinced to connect to a malicious server.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29112- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mfw6-89c3-f897 No score
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 could allow the attacker to perform a...
A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 could allow the attacker to perform a MITM Attack if end users are convinced to connect to a malicious server.
- Record
GHSA-mfw6-89c3-f897- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | withdk/pulse-secure-vpn-mitm-research | 2020-10-25 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8241 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client, published October 28, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.74%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.