PAN-OS: OS command injection and memory corruption vulnerability

Published 5 y ago 2020-11-12 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.2

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.4%

percentile 89%

Public exploits

none known

An OS command injection and memory corruption vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface that allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code and OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.1	7.2	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.1	7.2	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.1	7.2	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	9.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Technology feeds

Palo Alto PAN-OS (RSS, critical only)

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2020-2000 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2020-2000
NVD: CVE-2020-2000

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