Exploited CVEs / Ivanti / CVE-2020-8243
CVE-2020-8243
Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure Code Execution Vulnerability. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2022-05-03 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. The fix is in the vendor advisory: Ivanti Security Advisories, linked below.
Actively exploited Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure vulnerability, High severity, CVSS 7.2. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2021-11-03.
Risk summary
Updated July 26, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.
Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2020-8243
An authenticated administrator on Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure can upload a custom template that executes code on the VPN appliance, and with a 91 percent EPSS score this was a favorite persistence technique for attackers who had already stolen admin credentials. VPN appliances are the front door to the network, and attackers used flaws like this to stay resident through password resets. Admin-only bugs on perimeter devices deserve the same urgency as unauthenticated ones.
Do this: Patch Pulse Connect Secure appliances and review admin accounts and uploaded templates for unauthorized changes.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Full tracking and change history for CVE-2020-8243
Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.
CISA required action
Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2022-05-03 (past due).
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Official fix for CVE-2020-8243
The authoritative fix and affected-version list are published by the vendor. Find the Pulse Connect Secure advisory on Ivanti Security Advisories.
Common questions about CVE-2020-8243
Is CVE-2020-8243 actively exploited?
Yes. CVE-2020-8243 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2021-11-03, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 91%.
What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2020-8243?
CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2022-05-03, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What fixes CVE-2020-8243?
The authoritative fix is in the vendor advisory: see Ivanti Security Advisories for the patched Pulse Connect Secure versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.
Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2020-8243?
Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2020-8243's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central).
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