CVE-2021-3063

PAN-OS: Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability in GlobalProtect Portal and Gateway Interfaces

Published Nov 10, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces that enables an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send specifically crafted traffic to a GlobalProtect interface that causes the service to stop responding. Repeated attempts to send this request result in denial of service to all PAN-OS services by restarting the device and putting it into maintenance mode. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.21; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14-h4; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11-h3; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.8-h4; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.3. Prisma Access customers are not impacted by this issue.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.21, PAN-OS 9.0.14-h4, PAN-OS 9.1.11-h3, PAN-OS 10.0.8-h4, PAN-OS 10.1.3, and all later PAN-OS versions.


Vendor Workaround

Enable signatures for Unique Threat IDs 91820 and 91855 on traffic destined for GlobalProtect interfaces to block attacks against CVE-2021-3063.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26415 An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces that enables an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send specifically crafted traffic to a GlobalProtect interface that causes the service to stop responding. Repeated attempts to send this request result in denial of service to all PAN-OS services by restarting the device and putting it into maintenance mode. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.21; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14-h4; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11-h3; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.8-h4; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.3. Prisma Access customers are not impacted by this issue.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
palo_alto
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 8:26 PM
Reserved
Jan 6, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 10, 2021, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:04 AM