CVE-2019-11509
In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.1R15.1, 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 5.1R15.1, 5.2 before 5.2R12.1, 5.3 before 5.3R15.1, 5.4 before 5.4R7.1, and 9.0 before…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) before 8.1R15.1, 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4 and Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) before 5.1R15.1, 5.2 before 5.2R12.1, 5.3 before 5.3R15.1, 5.4 before 5.4R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.2, an authenticated attacker (via the admin web interface) can exploit Incorrect Access Control to execute arbitrary code on the appliance.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.68% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ivanti/connect secure · ivanti/policy secure · pulsesecure/pulse policy secure
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=saVendor Advisory
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/?atype=saVendor Advisory
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.