A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface.
This issue impacts:
All versions of PAN-OS 8.0;
PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15;
PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9;
PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.
This issue does not impact the GlobalProtect VPN or the PAN-OS management web interfaces.
Versions | Affected | Unaffected |
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PAN-OS 10.0 | None | >= 10.0.0 |
PAN-OS 9.1 | < 9.1.3 | >= 9.1.3 |
PAN-OS 9.0 | < 9.0.9 | >= 9.0.9 |
PAN-OS 8.1 | < 8.1.15 | >= 8.1.15 |
PAN-OS 8.0 | 8.0.* |
This issue is applicable only where either Captive Portal is enabled or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is configured as per https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/authentication/configure-multi-factor-authentication.html
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.15, PAN-OS 9.0.9, PAN-OS 9.1.3, and all later PAN-OS versions.
All Prisma Access services are now upgraded to resolve this issue and are no longer vulnerable.
PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0 are end-of-life and are no longer covered by our Product Security Assurance policies.
Until PAN-OS software is upgraded to a fixed version, enabling signatures in content update version 8317 will block attacks against CVE-2020-2040.
This issue was discovered during internal security review. No evidence of active exploitation has been identified as of this time.
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