CVE-2019-11539
High 7.2 Exploited in the wild (KEV) Used in ransomware campaigns
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4, 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1, 8.2RX before 8.2R12.1, and 8.1RX before 8.1R15.1 and Pulse Policy Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.2, 5.4RX before 5.4R7.1, 5.3RX before 5.3R12.1, 5.2RX before 5.2R12.1, and 5.1RX before 5.1R15.1, the admin web interface allows an authenticated attacker to inject and execute commands.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.2 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 99% (percentile: 100) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-78
Affected products
ivanti: connect secure; ivanti: policy secure; pulsesecure: pulse policy secure
References
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secu… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intra… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secu… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intra… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154376/Pulse-Secure-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-S… Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155277/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-… Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162092/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-… Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry