CVE-2018-16261

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.002 · 10 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.20% (10th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In Pulse Secure Pulse Desktop Client 5.3RX before 5.3R5 and 9.0R1, there is a Privilege Escalation Vulnerability with Dynamic Certificate Trust.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.9 · impact 5.9

v3.06.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3r4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 5.3rxnvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pulsesecure pulse secure desktop client= 9.0r1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_secure_desktop_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2018-09-06modified 2026-06-17

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