critical Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2019-11510Pulse Connect Secure — Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
Pulse Connect Secure gateways answer a specially crafted web address by handing back any file on the appliance to an unauthenticated caller — the remote access gateway reads out its own contents to anyone who asks the right way.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 10.0/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 100% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2019-05-08
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Exploit published
- Yes
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- initial access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsNetwork access over encrypted web traffic to an affected gateway (8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, 9.0 before 9.0R3.4). No credentials needed.
Fixed inPulse Connect Secure 8.2R12.1, Pulse Connect Secure 8.3R7.1, Pulse Connect Secure 9.0R3.4
Behind the card
4 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02Vendor advisoryPulse Secure advisory SA44101kb.pulsesecure.net
- 03WriteupDEVCORE: the full exploit chaindevco.re
- 04CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities entrycisa.gov
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| title, summary, cvss, severity, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.prerequisites, exploitation.exploit_available, remediation, recommended_action, references | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-08-07 | claude-code | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited | cisa.gov | 2026-08-07 | claude-code | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-08-07 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.