CVE-2020-8260: Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Code Execution Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.2. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS: 96.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R9 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary code execution using uncontrolled gzip extraction.

Affected products

• Ivanti Connect Secure: up to and including 9.0; version 9.1 only

Published 2020-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.