Pulse Secure Desktop vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product60 versions
The short answer

Pulse Secure Desktop is made by Pulsesecure. We track 3 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 60 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Pulsesecure lists newer releases under their own names, such as Pulse Secure Desktop Client, so check those pages too.

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Other names

Is Pulse Secure Desktop listed under other names? Yes.

Pulsesecure also lists Pulse Secure Desktop under more specific names, such as Pulse Secure Desktop Client. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Known exploited

Which Pulse Secure Desktop vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Pulse Secure Desktop's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Pulse Secure Desktop 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. 1.2%

    Pulse Secure Desktop Client 9.0Rx before 9.0R5 and 9.1Rx before 9.1R4 on Windows reveals users' passwords if Save Settings is enabled.

    CVSS3.3Published27 Oct 2020
  2. 0.4%

    Pulse Secure Desktop before 5.2R2 and Pulse Secure Installer Service before 8.2R2 and below for Windows allow restricted users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

    CVSS7.8Published2 Aug 2016
  3. 0.4%

    Pulse Secure Client 9.0R1 and 5.3RX before 5.3R5, when configured to authenticate VPN users during Windows Logon, can allow attackers to bypass Windows authentication and execute commands on the system with the...

    CVSS6.8Published12 Sep 2018
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We track 3 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Pulse Secure Desktop, across 60 versions.

None of Pulse Secure Desktop's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

Pulsesecure also lists Pulse Secure Desktop under more specific names, such as Pulse Secure Desktop Client. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Pulse Secure Desktop. 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.