CVE-2020-1996

Summary

A missing authorization vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS Panorama allows a remote unauthenticated user to inject messages into the management server ms.log file. This vulnerability can be leveraged to obfuscate an ongoing attack or fabricate log entries in the ms.log file This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.9.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS7.1.*affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.0.*affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.1 < 8.1.14affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.0 < 9.0.9affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-862: CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Workarounds

This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and is strongly mitigated 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

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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