CVE-2020-8243

HIGH KEV RANSOMWARE

Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8.2 - Authenticated RCE

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2020-8243 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 3, 2021, with confirmed use in ransomware campaigns.

Description

A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R8.2 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to upload custom template to perform an arbitrary code execution.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44588

US Government Resource

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8243

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2

EPSS 0.2054

EPSS Percentile 95.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2021-11-03

VulnCheck KEV 2021-04-20

InTheWild.io 2021-07-23

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2020-29114

Ransomware Use Confirmed

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (4)

ivanti/connect_secure 9.1 (13 CPE variants)

ivanti/connect_secure < 9.0

ivanti/policy_secure 9.1 (13 CPE variants)

ivanti/policy_secure < 9.0

Published Sep 30, 2020

KEV Added Nov 03, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026