Pulse Policy Secure vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product2 known exploited82 versions
The short answer

Pulse Policy Secure is made by Pulsesecure. We track 31 published vulnerabilities in it, across 82 versions. 2 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 7 March 2022. If you run Pulse Policy Secure, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.

Check your version

The most recent Pulse Policy Secure flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-8218, on 7 March 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Versions

Which versions of Pulse Policy 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-2020-8218Exploited list, 7 Mar 2022

    Pulse Connect Secure Code Injection Vulnerability

    up to 9.0
  • CVE-2019-11539Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021

    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability

    5.1r1.05.1r1.15.1r2.05.1r2.15.1r3.05.1r3.25.1r4.05.1r5.0
Known exploited

Which Pulse Policy Secure vulnerabilities are being exploited?

2 flaws are 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-2020-8218HighKnown exploited
    Pulse Connect Secure Code Injection Vulnerability

    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.

    Chance of use32%Known exploited since7 Mar 2022
  2. 7.2
    CVE-2019-11539HighKnown exploited
    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability

    Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure allows an authenticated attacker from the admin web interface to inject and execute commands.

    Chance of use99%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
Exploit likelihood

Which Pulse Policy 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. 99%

    Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_gso_segs value was subject to an integer overflow in the Linux kernel when handling TCP Selective Acknowledgments (SACKs).

    CVSS7.5Published19 Jun 2019
  2. 99%
    CVE-2019-11539HighKnown exploited

    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. 95%

    Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment in the Linux kernel could be fragmented when handling certain TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences.

    CVSS7.5Published19 Jun 2019
  4. 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
  5. 32%
    CVE-2020-8218HighKnown exploited

    A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.

    CVSS7.2Published30 Jul 2020
  6. 9.8%

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

    CVSS8.1Published6 Apr 2020
  7. 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
  8. 7.7%

    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 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 5.1R15.1, 5.2 before 5.2R12.1, 5.3 before 5.3R15.1, 5.4...

    CVSS8.8Published3 Jun 2019
  9. 4.1%

    A vulnerability has been discovered in login.cgi in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.1RX before 8.1R12 and 8.3RX before 8.3R2 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) 5.2RX before 5.2R9 and 5.4RX before 5.4R2 wherein...

    CVSS9.8Published6 Sep 2018
  10. 3.2%

    An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 9.1R9 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 9.1R9 allows remote authenticated admins to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF)...

    CVSS7.2Published27 Oct 2020
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We track 31 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Pulse Policy Secure, across 82 versions. The most recent Pulse Policy Secure flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-8218, on 7 March 2022.

2 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2020-8218 and CVE-2019-11539.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2020-8218, affects up to 9.0. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

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