CVE-2021-22965
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.19% (82nd) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R12.1 could allow an unauthenticated administrator to causes a denial of service when a malformed request is sent to the device.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–7.8
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- pulsesecure pulse connect secure< 9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Secure_Article/KB44879/?kA13Z000000L3ZFcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22965cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Pulse-Connect-Secure-denial-of-service-via-Malformed-Request-36703cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021102201cnnvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Secure_Article/KB44879/?kA13Z000000L3ZFenisa_euvd
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Secure_Article/KB44879/?kA13Z000000L3ZFVendor Advisorynvd
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