Auth bypass in Palo Alto Networks Pan-Os
CVE-2020-2018
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.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (70.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks Pan-Os — versions 8.0.*, 7.1, 8.1
- Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2018 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-2018?
- CVE-2020-2018 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Pan-Os, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2020-05-13.
- How severe is CVE-2020-2018?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.