# CVE-2019-11539: Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability

> CVE-2019-11539: Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability. CVSS 8.0 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-11539
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:38Z

- Published: 2019-04-26 01:39 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 8.0 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N
- EPSS: 98.5%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Known

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Ivanti: Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11539)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11539)
- [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/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/155277/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162092/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162092/Pulse-Secure-VPN-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html)
- [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://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://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://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101)
- [https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010](https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010)
- [https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237](https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927237)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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