CVE-2019-11510

ivanti connect secure

Published 8 May 2019 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed

10.0 Critical · CVSS 3.1, NVD

Exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Nov 2021, with a remediation deadline of 3 May 2022 for US federal agencies. It has been used in ransomware campaigns.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4, an unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability .

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/154176/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com/files/154231/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-File-Disclosure-NSE.html · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073 · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
badpackets.net/over-14500-pulse-secure-vpn-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-11510/ · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/ · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf · Third Party Advisory
kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa · Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101/ · Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff5fa1837b6bd1b24d18a42faa75e165a4573dbe2d434910c15fd08a%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E · Mailing List
psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010 · Third Party Advisory
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237 · Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11510 · US Government Resource