CVE-2020-8261
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.15% (82nd) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure < 9.1R9 is vulnerable to arbitrary cookie injection.
01
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
4.3
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4
02
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
03
affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- pulsesecure pulse connect secure< 9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
04
also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
05
sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8261cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Pulse-Connect-Secure-Pulse-Secure-Desktop-Client-multiple-vulnerabilities-33698cnnvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601enisa_euvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601Vendor Advisorynvd
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