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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-8255

A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R9 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability is fixed using encrypted URL blacklisting that prevents these messages.

MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 2.26%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R9 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability is fixed using encrypted URL blacklisting that prevents these messages.

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
2.26% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
pulsesecure/pulse secure desktop client
Source
support@hackerone.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.26%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.