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FKIE_CVE-2020-8260

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-10-28 13:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:26
Severity
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
support@hackerone.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160619/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
support@hackerone.comhttps://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160619/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8260US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ivanti connect_secure *
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
ivanti connect_secure 9.1
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