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CVE-2020-8218

High CVSS 7.2 Known exploited

Published 2020-07-30 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2022-03-07

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2020-8218 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-07. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2020-8218, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.

Sources

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H