CVE-2020-2018 CRITICAL

CVE-2020-2018: PAN-OS: Panorama authentication bypass vulnerability

Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product PAN-OS
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published May 13, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

9.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged access to managed firewalls. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 13, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated

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