CVE-2020-8260
Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure: Code Execution
As of , CVE-2020-8260 in Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 November 2021
- US federal deadline
- 3 May 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.96Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Pulse Connect Secure contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker to perform code execution using uncontrolled gzip extraction.
CISA's description
A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R9 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary code execution using uncontrolled gzip extraction.
The CVE record's description, from hackerone
- CVE published
- 28 October 2020
- Assigned by
- hackerone
- CVSS
- 7.2 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-434
- Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
- CISA changed its entry. Deadline moved from 23 April 2021 to 3 May 2022.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Pulse Secure VPN gzip RCEexploit module, rank excellent
Pulse Connect Secure: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-11510Arbitrary File Read | Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2020-8243Code Execution | Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure | Patch this weekEPSS 0.91 | 0.91 | ||
| CVE-2021-22893Use-After-Free | Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure | Patch this weekRansomware use | 0.47 | ||
| CVE-2021-22894Collaboration Suite Buffer Overflow | Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure | Patch soon | 0.41 | ||
| CVE-2021-22899Command Injection | Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure | Patch soon | 0.23 | ||
| CVE-2021-22900Unrestricted File Upload | Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure | Patch soon | 0.14 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org