{
    "id": "CVE-2019-11539",
    "published": "2019-04-26 02:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:13:07",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-78",
    "description": "In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4, 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1, 8.2RX before 8.2R12.1, and 8.1RX before 8.1R15.1 and Pulse Policy Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.2, 5.4RX before 5.4R7.1, 5.3RX before 5.3R12.1, 5.2RX before 5.2R12.1, and 5.1RX before 5.1R15.1, the admin web interface allows an authenticated attacker to inject and execute commands.",
    "epss_score": "0.98544",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99920",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-05-03",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:24:11",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "ivanti",
            "product": "connect_secure"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "ivanti",
            "product": "policy_secure"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "pulsesecure",
            "product": "pulse_policy_secure"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2019-11539",
        "date_added": "2021-11-03",
        "due_date": "2022-05-03",
        "vendor": "Ivanti",
        "product": "Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure",
        "name": "Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 1
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "47700",
            "title": "Pulse Secure VPN - Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2019-11-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47700"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "47354",
            "title": "Pulse Secure 8.1R15.1/8.2/8.3/9.0 SSL VPN - Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2019-09-06",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47354"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154376/Pulse-Secure-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-SSL-VPN-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155277/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162092/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073",
        "https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/",
        "https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf",
        "https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101",
        "https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010",
        "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154376/Pulse-Secure-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-SSL-VPN-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155277/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162092/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073",
        "https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/",
        "https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf",
        "https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101",
        "https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010",
        "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11539"
    ]
}