Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

CRITICAL 10.0EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2019-11510 · Published 08/05/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 03/11/2021. Patch affected systems as an emergency. It is known to be used in ransomware campaigns.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
connect secure ivanti	`= 8.2= 8.3= 9.0`	No fix yet

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
packetstormsecurity.com/files/154231/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-File-Disclosure-NSE.html · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/108073 · Broken Link
badpackets.net/over-14500-pulse-secure-vpn-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-11510 · Broken Link
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
i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf · Third Party Advisory
kb.pulsesecure.net · Not Applicable
kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 · Broken Link
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
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237 · Third Party Advisory
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2019-11510

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