VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-8254

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-10-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A vulnerability in the Pulse Secure Desktop Client < 9.1R9 has Remote Code Execution (RCE) if users can be convinced to connect to a malicious server. This vulnerability only affects Windows PDC.To improve the security of connections between Pulse clients and Pulse Connect Secure, see below recommendation(s):Disable Dynamic certificate trust for PDC.

Weakness classification

  • support@hackerone.com: CWE-23
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Primary references