CVE-2019-11539
7.2, high Known exploited Used in ransomwareIvanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 7.2, high high CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 99% higher than 99.9% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild
- Published
- 26 Apr 20197 years ago
Known exploited
CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Nov 2021 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 3 May 2022, a deadline that has passed.
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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.
Details
- Vendor
- Ivanti and 1 more
- Product
- Connect Secure
- Weakness
- CWE-78 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Analyzed
- Updated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 10
Exploit code 5
- packetstormsecurity.com /files/154376/Pulse-Secure-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-SSL-VPN-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com /files/155277/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com /files/162092/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)
- devco.re /blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/ (opens in a new tab)
- i.blackhat.com /USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf (opens in a new tab)
Advisories 4
The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.
Other Ivanti CVEs
Every Ivanti CVE we holdSame vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.
- CVE-2026-104935 Ivanti Connect Secure Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability KEV EPSS 26% 8.6, high
- CVE-2026-10520 Ivanti Sentry OS Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 100% 10, critical
- CVE-2026-6973 Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Improper Input Validation Vulnerability KEV EPSS 3% 7.2, high
- CVE-2026-1603 Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEV EPSS 88% 7.5, high
- CVE-2026-1281 Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Code Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 99% 9.8, critical
- CVE-2026-1340 Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Code Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 99% 9.8, critical
- CVE-2025-4427 Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEV EPSS 100% 7.5, high
- CVE-2025-4428 Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Code Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 87% 8.8, high
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.