---
id: "CVE-2019-11539"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2019-11539"]
title: "Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure: Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.0
epss: 0.98544
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "ivanti", "pulse-connect-secure", "pulse-policy-secure", "ransomware", "vendor", "vpn"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2019-04-26T02:29:00+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:34+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2019-11539", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11539", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11539", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:34+00:00"}]
---

# Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure: Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Policy Secure Command Injection Vulnerability

Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure contain a command injection flaw in the admin web interface. An authenticated attacker with admin access can inject operating system commands and have them executed on the appliance.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure and Pulse Policy Secure affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the updates per Ivanti vendor instructions (version not stated in the sources).

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2019-11539
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-11539
- 2026-10-23T21:57:34+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11539

## From the sources

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.4, 8.3RX before 8.3R7.1, 8.2RX before 8.2R12.1, and 8.1RX before 8.1R15.1 and Pulse Policy Secure version 9.0RX before 9.0R3.2, 5.4RX before 5.4R7.1, 5.3RX before 5.3R12.1, 5.2RX before 5.2R12.1, and 5.1RX before 5.1R15.1, the admin web interface allows an authenticated attacker to inject and execute commands.

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_Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai_