CVE-2020-2008

Summary

An OS command injection and external control of filename vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows authenticated administrators to execute code with root privileges or delete arbitrary system files and impact the system's integrity or cause a denial of service condition. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.0.*affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS7.1.*affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.1 < 8.1.14affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.0.0 < 9.0*unaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.1.0 < 9.1*unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-73: CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
  • CWE-78: CWE-78 OS Command Injection

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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