vulnerability

Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure: SA45476 - Client Side Desync Attack (Informational)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 14, 2023
Added
May 21, 2024
Modified
May 18, 2026

Description

A Client-Side Desync (CSD) Attack affects the Pulse Collaboration feature in Pulse Connect Secure. The attack requires an authenticated user and requires full control over an authenticated session. This is possible between a client machine and the VPN (Pulse Connect Secure) server. The Pulse Collaboration feature that is the target of this attack is not available in release 9.1R16 or any releases post 9.1R16.

Solution

pulse-secure-pulse-connect-secure-upgrade-9_1r16
Title
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