{
  "id": "CVE-2019-11510",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2019-11510",
  "published": "2019-05-08T17:29:00.630Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T02:13:04.277Z",
  "score": 10,
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.99999,
  "epss_percentile": 1,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2021-11-03",
    "due": "2022-05-03",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Known",
    "name": "Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability",
    "notes": "Reference CISA's ED 21-03 (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-21-03-mitigate-pulse-connect-secure-product-vulnerabilities) for further guidance and requirements. Note: The due date for addressing this vulnerability aligns with the requirements outlined in ED 21-03. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11510"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "ivanti"
  ],
  "products": [
    "ivanti connect secure"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-22"
  ],
  "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 .",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 10,
    "cvss_v30": 9.9
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154176/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154231/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-File-Disclosure-NSE.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://badpackets.net/over-14500-pulse-secure-vpn-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-11510/",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa",
      "tags": [
        "Not Applicable",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101/",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Patch",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff5fa1837b6bd1b24d18a42faa75e165a4573dbe2d434910c15fd08a%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11510",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11510",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}