High severity · published Nov 19, 2021
CVE-2021-22965
A vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R12.1 could allow an unauthenticated administrator to causes a denial of service when a malformed request is sent to the device
7.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R12.1 could allow an unauthenticated administrator to causes a denial of service when a malformed request is sent to the device.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Connect Secure · Ivanti
9.1; 9.1; 9.1; 9.1; 9.1; 9.1; +19 more · source: NVD
PC
Pulse Connect Secure · Pulsesecure
before 9.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22965
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22965
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Secure_Article/KB44879/?kA13Z000000L3ZF
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