{"id":"CVE-2020-8218","aliases":["EUVD-2020-29091","GHSA-29h7-cpmq-mh8j"],"status":"published","title":"A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure \u003c9.1RB that allows an attacker to...","description":"A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure \u003c9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.3225,"percentile":0.98333,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":true,"known_exploited":true,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"published":"2020-07-30T12:53:02Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:26:04Z","kev":{"date_added":"2022-03-07","due_date":"2022-09-07","required_action":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","known_ransomware_use":"Unknown"},"exploitation":[{"source":"euvd","since":"2022-03-07"},{"source":"kev","since":"2022-03-07"}],"exploits":[{"source":"pocgithub","id":"withdk/pulse-gosecure-rce-poc","title":"withdk/pulse-gosecure-rce-poc","date":"2020-08-29","url":"https://github.com/withdk/pulse-gosecure-rce-poc"}],"products":[{"vendor":"ivanti","product":"connect_secure"},{"vendor":"ivanti","product":"policy_secure"},{"vendor":"pulse secure","product":"pulse connect secure"},{"vendor":"pulsesecure","product":"pulse_policy_secure"}],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.gosecure.net/blog/2020/11/13/forget-your-perimeter-part-2-four-vulnerabilities-in-pulse-connect-secure/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8218","tags":["government-resource","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8218"},{"url":"https://www.gosecure.net/blog/2020/11/13/forget-your-perimeter-part-2-four-vulnerabilities-in-pulse-connect-secure"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29h7-cpmq-mh8j"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-8218","description":"A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure \u003c9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.","status":"published","published":"2020-07-30T12:53:02Z","modified":"2025-10-21T23:35:38.731Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:51.206854Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-29091","description":"A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure \u003c9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.","status":"published","published":"2020-07-30T12:53:02Z","modified":"2025-10-21T23:35:38Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"exploited_since":"2022-03-07","updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:31:24.816637Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-29h7-cpmq-mh8j","title":"A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure \u003c9.1RB that allows an attacker to...","description":"A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure \u003c9.1RB that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:24:46Z","modified":"2025-10-22T00:32:57Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:04:07.112106Z"}],"kev":[{"id":"CVE-2020-8218","title":"Pulse Connect Secure Code Injection Vulnerability","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.","cwes":["CWE-94"],"kev":{"date_added":"2022-03-07","due_date":"2022-09-07","required_action":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","known_ransomware_use":"Unknown"},"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:00:16.541131Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-8218","description":"A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure \u003c9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.","status":"published","published":"2020-07-30T13:15:11.847Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:26:04.493Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:10.994748Z"}]}}