CVE-2021-22938 Command injection in Pulse Connect Secure
An authenticated administrator can execute arbitrary commands via unsanitized web parameters in the Pulse Connect Secure admin console.
- 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-2021-22938?
CVE-2021-22938 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R12 could allow an authenticated administrator to perform command injection via an unsanitized web parameter in the administrator web console.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22938?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ivanti Connect Secure, Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure.
How do I fix CVE-2021-22938?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22938 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-2021-22938 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22938 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-67c5-vcgx-65h6.