CVE-2019-11510

CRITICALNVD 10.010.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 10.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 10.0 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
10.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 100%CVSS: 10.0Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · kev ransomware · Metasploit · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4, an unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability .

CVSS v3
10.0
EG Score
10.0(high)
EG Risk
100(Act)
EG Risk 100/100SSVC: Act

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity100% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Fix now — active exploitation, automatable, high impact.
EPSS PROB
100%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

May 8, 2019

Last Modified

December 18, 2025

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Sep 19, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Advisory

https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010
generic
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff5fa1837b6bd1b24d18a42faa75e165a4573dbe2d434910c15fd08a%40%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E
generic
https://i.blackhat.com/USA-19/Wednesday/us-19-Tsai-Infiltrating-Corporate-Intranet-Like-NSA.pdf
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

Attacking SSL VPN - Part 3: The Golden Pulse Secure SSL VPN RCE Chain, with Twitter as Case Study! | DEVCORE

https://devco.re/blog/2019/09/02/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-3-the-golden-Pulse-Secure-ssl-vpn-rce-chain-with-Twitter-as-case-study/
generic

CVE-2019-11538 - PSIRT.COM

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108073
generic

Packet Storm Security

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154231/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-File-Disclosure-NSE.html
generic

Locked Out | Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154176/Pulse-Secure-SSL-VPN-8.1R15.1-8.2-8.3-9.0-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 46× in last 7d / 187× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 716 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-25 14:55 UTCCISA KEV update
  2. 2026-09-25 12:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-25 08:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-25 04:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-24 23:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-24 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-24 19:31 UTCCISA KEV update
  8. 2026-09-24 15:20 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-24 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-24 13:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-24 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-24 06:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-09-23 22:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-09-23 05:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-23 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-22 20:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-22 19:36 UTCCISA KEV update
  22. 2026-09-22 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-22 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-22 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-22 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-21 23:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-21 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-21 19:09 UTCCISA KEV update
  4. 2026-09-21 15:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-21 10:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-09-18 23:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-18 19:20 UTCCISA KEV update
  21. 2026-09-18 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-18 14:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  24. 2026-09-18 10:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-18 06:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  33. 2026-09-16 19:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-16 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-16 14:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  36. 2026-09-16 11:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-16 06:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  39. 2026-09-15 22:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-09-15 00:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-14 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-14 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  47. 2026-09-14 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-14 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-14 07:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-14 03:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  61. 2026-09-12 04:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-12 00:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-09-11 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-11 18:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  65. 2026-09-11 16:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-11 11:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-09-11 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-11 03:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-10 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-10 19:28 UTCCISA KEV update
  71. 2026-09-10 18:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-09-10 14:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-10 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-09-10 06:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-10 01:51 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(10 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (9 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoC34zY/APT-Backpack
    First seen Dec 13, 2022

    cve-2019-11510, cve-2019-19781, cve-2020-5902,               cve-2021-1497, cve-2021-20090, cve-2021-22006, cve-2021-22205, cve-2021-26084, cve-2021-26855, cve-2021-26857, cve-2021–26857, cve-2021–26858, cve-2021–26865

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCandripwn/pulse-exploit
    First seen Jul 27, 2020

    Pulse Secure SSL VPN exploit (CVE-2019-11510) using hosts retrieved from Shodan API.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCcisagov/check-your-pulse
    First seen Apr 16, 2020

    This utility can help determine if indicators of compromise (IOCs) exist in the log files of a Pulse Secure VPN Appliance for CVE-2019-11510.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCaqhmal/pulsexploit
    First seen Dec 7, 2019

    Automated script for Pulse Secure SSL VPN exploit (CVE-2019-11510) using hosts retrieved from Shodan API. You must have a Shodan account to use this script.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCBishopFox/pwn-pulse
    First seen Sep 9, 2019

    Exploit for Pulse Connect Secure SSL VPN arbitrary file read vulnerability (CVE-2019-11510)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCjas502n/CVE-2019-11510-1
    First seen Aug 27, 2019

    SSL VPN Rce

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCr00tpgp/http-pulse_ssl_vpn.nse
    First seen Aug 27, 2019

    Nmap NSE script to detect Pulse Secure SSL VPN file disclosure CVE-2019-11510

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCes0/CVE-2019-11510_poc
    First seen Aug 26, 2019

    PoC for CVE-2019-11510 | Pulse Secure 8.1R15.1/8.2/8.3/9.0 SSL VPN - Arbitrary File Disclosure vulnerability

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCimjdl/CVE-2019-11510-poc
    First seen Aug 22, 2019

    Pulse Secure SSL VPN pre-auth file reading

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-47297
    First seen Aug 21, 2019

    Pulse Secure 8.1R15.1/8.2/8.3/9.0 SSL VPN - Arbitrary File Disclosure (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2019-11510?
CVE-2019-11510 is a critical vulnerability published on May 8, 2019. In Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) 8.2 before 8.2R12.1, 8.3 before 8.3R7.1, and 9.0 before 9.0R3.4, an unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability .
When was CVE-2019-11510 disclosed?
CVE-2019-11510 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 8, 2019, with the most recent update on December 18, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-11510 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2019-11510 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, affecting Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-11510?
CVE-2019-11510 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2019-11510?
CVE-2019-11510 affects Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2019-11510?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-11510, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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