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CVE-2020-8260

96
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8260 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting the Pulse Connect Secure admin web interface versions prior to 9.1R9, stemming from uncontrolled gzip extraction. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100, this vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity. This CVE is actively exploited in the wild, has a Metasploit module available, and has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating its high threat level.

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:r1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
96.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: Pulse Secure VPN gzip RCE · Oct 26, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9648 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 5,538 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
packetstormsecurity.com / files/160619/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
kb.pulsesecure.net / articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601
Broken LinkVendor Advisory