Pulse Connect Secure

CVE-2021-22893

CRITICAL 10.0CISA KEV ↗Exploited per ENISA since 2021-11-03

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 47.17 % · percentile 99 (2026-11-01)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-04-23 16:29 UTC
Updated: 2026-08-12 03:55 UTC
Assigner: hackerone
NVD status: Analyzed

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Description

Pulse Connect Secure 9.0R3/9.1R1 and higher is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability exposed by the Windows File Share Browser and Pulse Secure Collaboration features of Pulse Connect Secure that can allow an unauthenticated user to perform remote arbitrary code execution on the Pulse Connect Secure gateway. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 10.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 10.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 10.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	HIGH 7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-10025
GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-22893

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2021-AVI-335 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Pulse Connect Secure · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2021-ALE-007 — [MàJ] Vulnérabilité dans Pulse Connect Secure · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.0:r6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:connect_secure:9.1:r9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Pulse Connect Secure	affected PCS 9.0R3 or above, PCS 9.1R1 and above

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities	CC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

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