CVE-2020-8260

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.965 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 1 exploit · weaponized

Likely / severe?

96.5% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Code Execution Vulnerability

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.

cvss

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

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

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

v3.17.2highAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-434USprimaryCWE-434US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/http/pulse_secure_gzip_rcePulse Secure VPN gzip RCEweaponized · metasploit

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure≤ 9.1R9enisa_euvdEU
Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure≤ 9.1R9fstec_bduRU
Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure≤ 9.1R9fstec_bduRU
Pulsesecure Pulse Secure Desktop Client≤ 9.1R9fstec_bduRU
ivanti connect secure≤ 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ivanti connect secure= 9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-10-28modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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