{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12880 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12880 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-12880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 27 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12880 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-12880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 27 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12880 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Ivanti Connect Secure. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12880/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12880/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-12880","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12880/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-12880","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6fx5-7h4w-mcvx"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Pulse Secure appliance","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can gain root access and retrieve source code by manipulating kernel boot parameters during the pre-install phase of Pulse Secure appliances.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"connect_secure","vendor":"ivanti"},{"product":"policy_secure","vendor":"ivanti"},{"product":"pulse_connect_secure","vendor":"pulsesecure"},{"product":"pulse_policy_secure","vendor":"pulsesecure"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"An issue was discovered in Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) and Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) Virtual Appliance before 9.1R8. By manipulating a certain kernel boot parameter, it can be tricked into dropping into a root shell in a pre-install phase where the entire source code of the appliance is available and can be retrieved. (The source code is otherwise inaccessible because the appliance has its hard disks encrypted, and no root shell is available during normal operation.)","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-12880","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"ivanti:connect_secure","products":["ivanti:connect_secure","ivanti:policy_secure","pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-12882"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-12878"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2020-07-27","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2021-22893","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-04-23"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read","id":"CVE-2019-11510","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2019-05-08"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection","id":"CVE-2024-21887","kev_date_added":"2024-01-10","published":"2024-01-12"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2025-22457","kev_date_added":"2025-04-04","published":"2025-04-03"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2025-0282","kev_date_added":"2025-01-08","published":"2025-01-08"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Collaboration Suite Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2021-22894","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-05-27"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Command Injection","id":"CVE-2021-22899","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-05-27"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can gain root access and retrieve source code by manipulating kernel boot parameters during the pre-install phase of Pulse Secure appliances.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12880/"}