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High · 7.2 Public exploit CVE-2020-2038 EUVD-2020-22064GHSA-qq25-3qfm-wpjj

PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in the management web interface

Published Sep 9, 2020 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

Description

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS management interface that allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than 10.0.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.0 – < 10.0.1, 9.0 – < 9.0.10, 9.1 – < 9.1.4 8.1.*

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 1 repository

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