{"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: OS command injection vulnerability in GlobalProtect portal"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2020-2034","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-11T00:25:14.625Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-11T00:25:14.625Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2020-2034","initial_release_date":"2020-07-08T16:00:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2020-07-08T09:00:00.000Z","summary":"Initial publication"},{"number":"2","date":"2020-07-09T23:07:00.000Z","summary":"Updated workaround section with Threat Prevention signature."}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2020-2034","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-323","PANW-PAN-OS-324","PANW-PAN-OS-326"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-313","PANW-PAN-OS-318","PANW-PAN-OS-323","PANW-PAN-OS-324","PANW-PAN-OS-326"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. An attacker would require some level of specific information about the configuration of an impacted firewall or perform brute-force attacks to exploit this issue. This issue cannot be exploited if the GlobalProtect portal feature is not enabled.\nThis issue impacts PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; all versions of PAN-OS 8.0 and PAN-OS 7.1.\nPrisma Access services are not impacted by this vulnerability. Firewalls that were upgraded to the latest versions of PAN-OS to resolve CVE-2020-2021 are not vulnerable to this issue.\nPalo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious attempts to exploit this vulnerability.\n"}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2020-2034","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2034"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2020-2034","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2034"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. An attacker would require some level of specific information about the configuration of an impacted firewall or perform brute-force attacks to exploit this issue. This issue cannot be exploited if the GlobalProtect portal feature is not enabled.\nThis issue impacts PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; all versions of PAN-OS 8.0 and PAN-OS 7.1.\nPrisma Access services are not impacted by this vulnerability. Firewalls that were upgraded to the latest versions of PAN-OS to resolve CVE-2020-2021 are not vulnerable to this issue.\nPalo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious attempts to exploit this vulnerability.\n"}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-313","PANW-PAN-OS-318","PANW-PAN-OS-323","PANW-PAN-OS-324","PANW-PAN-OS-326"]}]}]}