Pulse Connect Secure vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product1 known exploited119 versions
The short answer

Pulse Connect Secure is made by Pulsesecure. We track 57 published vulnerabilities in it, across 119 versions. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 3 November 2021. If you run Pulse Connect Secure, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.

Check your version

The most recent Pulse Connect Secure flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-22900, on 3 November 2021. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Versions

Which versions of Pulse Connect Secure do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, as published by the vendor. Find your version, then patch.

  • CVE-2021-22900Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021

    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability

    up to 9.1
Known exploited

Which Pulse Connect Secure vulnerabilities are being exploited?

1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 7.2
    CVE-2021-22900HighKnown exploited
    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability

    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows an authenticated administrator to perform a file write via a maliciously crafted archive upload in the administrator web...

    Chance of use14%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
Exploit likelihood

Which Pulse Connect Secure flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 69%

    A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Windows File Resource Profiles in 9.X allows a remote authenticated user with privileges to browse SMB shares to execute arbitrary code as the root user.

    CVSS8.8Published27 May 2021
  2. 66%

    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 and Pulse Policy Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.2, 5.4RX before 5.4R7.1,...

    CVSS7.2Published26 Apr 2019
  3. 45%

    Pulse Secure version 9.115 and below may be susceptible to client-side http request smuggling, When the application receives a POST request, it ignores the request's Content-Length header and leaves the POST body on...

    CVSS5.4Published30 Sep 2022
  4. 16%

    Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.

    CVSS8.6Published19 Oct 2018
  5. 15%

    In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.1R15.1, 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4, an authenticated attacker (via the admin web interface) can exploit Directory Traversal to...

    CVSS7.2Published8 May 2019
  6. 14%
    CVE-2021-22900HighKnown exploited

    A vulnerability allowed multiple unrestricted uploads in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R11.4 that could lead to an authenticated administrator to perform a file write via a maliciously crafted archive upload in the...

    CVSS7.2Published27 May 2021
  7. 9.8%

    An issue was discovered in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) through 2020-04-06.

    CVSS8.1Published6 Apr 2020
  8. 7.8%

    A vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R12 could allow an authenticated administrator to perform a file write via a maliciously crafted archive uploaded in the administrator web interface.

    CVSS7.2Published16 Aug 2021
  9. 7.7%

    In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4 and 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1 and Pulse Policy Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.2 and 5.4RX before 5.4R7.1, an unauthenticated, remote attacker can...

    CVSS9.8Published26 Apr 2019
  10. 4.7%

    A vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R12 could allow an authenticated administrator or compromised Pulse Connect Secure device in a load-balanced configuration to perform a buffer overflow via a...

    CVSS7.2Published16 Aug 2021
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We track 57 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Pulse Connect Secure, across 119 versions. The most recent Pulse Connect Secure flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2021-22900, on 3 November 2021.

1 is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2021-22900.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2021-22900, affects up to 9.1. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Pulse Connect Secure. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.