{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"PAN-OS: Panorama authentication bypass vulnerability"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2020-2018","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-11T00:33:02.952Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-11T00:33:02.952Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2020-2018","initial_release_date":"2020-05-13T16:00:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2020-05-13T09:00:00.000Z","summary":"Initial publication"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2020-2018","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-333","PANW-PAN-OS-339","PANW-PAN-OS-336"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-313","PANW-PAN-OS-333","PANW-PAN-OS-339","PANW-PAN-OS-336"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"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. \nThis issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices."}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2020-2018","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2018"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2020-2018","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2018"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","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. \nThis issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices."}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-313","PANW-PAN-OS-333","PANW-PAN-OS-339","PANW-PAN-OS-336"]}]}]}