CVE-2020-8220 Command injection in Pulse Connect Secure
An authenticated attacker can cause denial of service via command injection in the administrator web interface of Pulse Connect Secure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8220?
CVE-2020-8220 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 30 Jul 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an authenticated attacker to perform command injection via the administrator web which can cause DOS.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8220?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure, Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure, Pulsesecure Pulse Policy Secure.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8220?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8220 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2020-8220 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8220 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure
- CVE-2021-22893 Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Use-After-Free
- CVE-2019-11510 Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Read
- CVE-2024-21887 Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection
- CVE-2025-22457 Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2025-0282 Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-83pm-xg7g-2c98.