CVE-2020-8219
mediumpriority · track · 30OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.22% (83rd) EPSS
CVSS 4 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An insufficient permission check vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to change the password of a full administrator.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.2
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4–7.2
v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- pulsesecure pulse connect secure≤ 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47566cnnvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8219cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Pulse-Connect-Secure-multiple-vulnerabilities-32930cnnvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516enisa_euvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516Vendor Advisorynvd
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