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Is CVE-2020-8218 being exploited?

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CISA has evidence of active exploitation. This is not theoretical risk — someone has already used it against someone.

Pulse Connect Secure Code Injection Vulnerability

Pulse Secure · Pulse Connect Secure

CVSS 7.2 EPSS 32% no public exploit indexed Fix deadline passed 7 September 2022

What it is

A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface.

Why we say that

  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2022-09-07) has passed
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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