Pan Os
CVE-2020-2029
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS web management interface allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges by sending a malicious request to generate new certificates for use in the PAN-OS configuration. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13.
AnalysisAI
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS web management interface allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges by sending a malicious request. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS web management interface allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges by sending a malicious request to generate new certificates for use in the PAN-OS configuration. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13. Affected products include: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS management web interface contains an authentication bypass allowing unauthenticated attackers
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted F
Buffer overflow in the management web interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x b
A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL proto
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS management interface contains an authenticated file read vulnerability allowing reading of fil
An authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access t
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS management interface that allows authenticated administrators to exe
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the PAN-OS management web interface. Rated high severity
The device-management command-line interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 3.1.12, 4.0.x before 4.0.10, and 4.1.x
Remote Code Execution in PAN-OS 7.1.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.11-h1 and earlier, and PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier with Glob
The DNS Proxy in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.18, 7.x before 7.0.16, 7.1.x before 7.1.11, and 8.x before 8.0.3 a
Same weakness CWE-78 – OS Command Injection
View allSame technique Command Injection
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