Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU26250

OS Command Injection in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2020-1980

Published: March 20, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU26250

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1980

CWE-ID: CWE-78

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the PAN-OS CLI. A local user can execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Palo Alto PAN-OS

Install updates from vendor's website.

Palo Alto PAN-OS - update to 8.1.13