OS Command Injection in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2021-3060
Published: November 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58109
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3060
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) feature in PAN-OS. A remote non-authenticated attacker with specific knowledge of the firewall configuration to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-3060
Install updates from vendor's website.