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CVE-2020-8218

77
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8218 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure versions prior to 9.1R8, allowing authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via the admin web interface through a specially crafted URI. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This flaw is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the CISA KEV catalog, and has garnered community discussion, despite a lack of public exploit code in common frameworks.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
32.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 7, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3225 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 5,530 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
kb.pulsesecure.net / articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516
Vendor Advisory
gosecure.net / blog/2020/11/13/forget-your-perimeter-part-2-four-vulnerabilities-in-pulse-connect-secure
ExploitThird Party Advisory