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High · 7.2 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2020-8260 EUVD-2020-29130GHSA-mc4h-hp66-ccmh

A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R9 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary code …

Published Oct 28, 2020 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by hackerone

Description

A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R9 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary code execution using uncontrolled gzip extraction.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure 9.1R9 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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