CVE-2019-11510
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…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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 .
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Known
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Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.9 | CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 100.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=sa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 108073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154176/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://badpackets.net/over-14500-pulse-secure-vpn-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-11510/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154231/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-File-Disclosure-NSE.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 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/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [guacamole-user] 20190912 Re: [Guacamole hack attack?] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- VU#927237 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11510 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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