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Critical · 9.0 CVE-2020-2018 EUVD-2020-22046GHSA-7qj6-jfj8-2jr9

PAN-OS: Panorama authentication bypass vulnerability

Published May 13, 2020 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.0.*, 7.1 – < 7.1.26, 8.1 – < 8.1.12, 9.0 – < 9.0.6 7.1.26

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