CVE-2020-1990 HIGH

CVE-2020-1990: PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management server

Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product PAN-OS
Weakness CWE-121
Published April 8, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS allows an authenticated user to upload a corrupted PAN-OS configuration and potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 versions before 8.1.13; 9.0 versions before 9.0.7. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 8, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated