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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-8221

A path traversal vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 which allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files via the administrator web interface.

MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 2.28%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 which allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files via the administrator web interface.

CVSS 3.1
4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
2.28% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
ivanti/connect secure · pulsesecure/pulse connect secure · ivanti/policy secure · pulsesecure/pulse policy secure
Source
support@hackerone.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.28%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.