What is CVE-2020-8220?

CVE-2020-8220 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Connect_secure, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-8220?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Ivanti Connect_secure

CVE-2020-8220

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an authenticated attacker to perform command injection via the administrator web which can cause DOS.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.025 (82.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ivanti Connect_secure — versions 9.1
Ivanti Policy_secure — versions 9.1
Pulsesecure Pulse_connect_secure
Pulsesecure Pulse_policy_secure
N/a Pulse Connect Secure — versions Fixed in 9.1R8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8220?: CVE-2020-8220 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Connect_secure, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-8220?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.