TI-2018-14313 Aliases CVE-2018-20193 GHSA-ch39-vq4q-cxxx

Certain Secure Access SA Series SSL VPN products (originally developed by Juniper…

MEDIUM 41CWE-269Published 2018-12-21 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Certain Secure Access SA Series SSL VPN products (originally developed by Juniper Networks but now sold and supported by Pulse Secure, LLC) allow privilege escalation, as demonstrated by Secure Access SSL VPN SA-4000 5.1R5 (build 9627) 4.2 Release (build 7631). This occurs because appropriate controls are not performed. Specifically, it is possible for a readonly user to change the administrator user password by making a local copy of the /dana-admin/user/update.cgi page, changing the "user" value, and saving the changes.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01297 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:secure_access_series_ssl_vpn_sa-4000:4.2:::::::*	4.2	Vulnerable	Pulse Secure
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:secure_access_series_ssl_vpn_sa-4000:5.1r5:::::::*	5.1r5	Vulnerable	Pulse Secure

cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:secure_access_series_ssl_vpn_sa-4000:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·Pulse Secure
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:secure_access_series_ssl_vpn_sa-4000:5.1r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1r5 Vulnerable ·Pulse Secure

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20193
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ch39-vq4q-cxxx

References

Exploit 1

20181221 CVE-2018-20193 - Privilege escalation in Juniper Secure Access SSL VPN - SA-4000, 5.1R5 (build 9627) 4.2 Release (build 7631)

Sources

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