PAN-OS: OS command injection or arbitrary file deletion vulnerability

Published 6 y ago 2020-05-13 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.2

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.8%

percentile 86%

Public exploits

none known

An OS command injection and external control of filename vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows authenticated administrators to execute code with root privileges or delete arbitrary system files and impact the system's integrity or cause a denial of service condition. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% 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-73 External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

Technology feeds

Palo Alto PAN-OS (RSS, critical only)

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2020-2008 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2020-2008
NVD: CVE-2020-2008

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