CVE-2020-2014 PAN-OS: OS injection vulnerability in PAN-OS management server
Description
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges.
This issue affects:
All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0;
PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14;
PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7.
Product Status
| Versions | Affected | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|
| PAN-OS 9.1 | None | >= 9.1.0 |
| PAN-OS 9.0 | < 9.0.7 | >= 9.0.7 |
| PAN-OS 8.1 | < 8.1.14 | >= 8.1.14 |
| PAN-OS 8.0 | 8.0.* | |
| PAN-OS 7.1 | 7.1.* |
Severity: HIGH
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Weakness Type
Solution
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.14, PAN-OS 9.0.7, PAN-OS 9.1.0 and all later PAN-OS versions.
PAN-OS 8.0 is now end-of-life as of October 31, 2019, and is no longer covered by our Product Security Assurance policies.
PAN-OS 7.1 is on extended support until June 30, 2020, and is only being considered for critical security vulnerability fixes.
Workarounds and Mitigations
This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and is strongly mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation, available at: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com.