CVE-2021-3061

Summary

An OS command injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS command line interface (CLI) enables an authenticated administrator with access to the CLI to execute arbitrary OS commands to escalate privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20-h1; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14-h3; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11-h2; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.8; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.3. Prisma Access customers that have Prisma Access 2.1 firewalls are impacted by this issue.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.1 < 8.1.20-h1affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.0 < 9.0.14-h3affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS10.0 < 10.0.8affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS10.1 < 10.1.3affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.1 < 9.1.11-h2affected
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma Access2.2 allunaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma Access2.1 Preferredaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma Access2.1 Innovationaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-78: CWE-78 OS Command Injection

Workarounds

This issue requires the attacker to have authenticated access to the PAN-OS CLI. You can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best practices for securing PAN-OS software. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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