What is CVE-2021-3045?

CVE-2021-3045 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Pan-Os, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-3045?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-3045 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Pan-Os

CVE-2021-3045

An OS command argument injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator to read any arbitrary file from the file system. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.19; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.10. PAN-OS 10.0 and later versions are not impacted.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Pan-os — versions 10.0.*, 10.1.*, 8.1
Paloaltonetworks Pan-os

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3045?: CVE-2021-3045 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Pan-Os, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-3045?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-3045 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.