CVE-2019-11540

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2019-11540 · Published 26/04/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-11540 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting connect secure (ivanti), pulse connect secure (pulsesecure), pulse policy secure (pulsesecure).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.7%, higher than 94.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
connect secure ivanti	`= 8.3`	No fix yet
pulse connect secure pulsesecure	`= 8.3rx= 9.0r1= 9.0r2= 9.0r2.1= 9.0r3= 9.0r3.1= 9.0r3.2= 9.0rx`	No fix yet
pulse policy secure pulsesecure	`= 5.4r1= 5.4r2= 5.4r2.1= 5.4r3= 5.4r4= 5.4r5= 5.4r5.2= 5.4r6= 5.4r6.1= 5.4r7= 5.4rx= 9.0r1= 9.0r2= 9.0r2.1= 9.0r3= 9.0r3.1= 9.0rx`	No fix yet

Description

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4 and 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1 and Pulse Policy Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.2 and 5.4RX before 5.4R7.1, an unauthenticated, remote attacker can conduct a session hijacking attack.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/108073 · 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
i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf · Exploit
kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 · Third Party Advisory
psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010 · Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237 · Third Party Advisory

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In short

CVE-2019-11540 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting connect secure (ivanti), pulse connect secure (pulsesecure), pulse policy secure (pulsesecure).

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.7%, higher than 94.6% of all vulnerabilities.

No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

connect secure

ivanti

= 8.3

No fix yet

pulse connect secure

pulsesecure

= 8.3rx= 9.0r1= 9.0r2= 9.0r2.1= 9.0r3= 9.0r3.1= 9.0r3.2= 9.0rx

No fix yet

pulse policy secure

pulsesecure

= 5.4r1= 5.4r2= 5.4r2.1= 5.4r3= 5.4r4= 5.4r5= 5.4r5.2= 5.4r6= 5.4r6.1= 5.4r7= 5.4rx= 9.0r1= 9.0r2= 9.0r2.1= 9.0r3= 9.0r3.1= 9.0rx

No fix yet

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