Insecure configuration in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2020-2041
Published: September 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46627
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2041
CWE-ID: CWE-16
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure configuration of the appweb daemon. A remote attacker can send a specifically crafted request to the device and crash the service.
Affected software
Palo Alto PAN-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2041
Install updates from vendor's website.
Palo Alto PAN-OS - update to 8.1.16