{
    "id": "CVE-2021-22893",
    "published": "2021-04-23 17:15:08",
    "last_modified": "2026-08-12 05:17:37",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-287",
    "description": "Pulse Connect Secure 9.0R3/9.1R1 and higher is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability exposed by the Windows File Share Browser and Pulse Secure Collaboration features of Pulse Connect Secure that can allow an unauthenticated user to perform remote arbitrary code execution on the Pulse Connect Secure gateway. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.",
    "epss_score": "0.47172",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98798",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-05-03",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:27:20",
    "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"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2021-22893",
        "date_added": "2021-11-03",
        "due_date": "2022-05-03",
        "vendor": "Ivanti",
        "product": "Pulse Connect Secure",
        "name": "Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 1
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://blog.pulsesecure.net/pulse-connect-secure-security-update/",
        "https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213092",
        "https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44784/",
        "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/04/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day.html",
        "https://blog.pulsesecure.net/pulse-connect-secure-security-update/",
        "https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213092",
        "https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44784/",
        "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2021/04/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day.html",
        "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213092",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22893"
    ]
}