CVE-2020-2029

PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in management interface certificate generator

Published Jun 10, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS web management interface allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges by sending a malicious request to generate new certificates for use in the PAN-OS configuration. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 7.1.26, PAN-OS 8.1.13, and all later PAN-OS versions.


Vendor Workaround

This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and you can mitigate the impact of this issue 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/best-practices.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-22055 An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS web management interface allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges by sending a malicious request to generate new certificates for use in the PAN-OS configuration. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
palo_alto
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 4:52 PM
Reserved
Dec 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 10, 2020, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:11 AM