What is CVE-2019-17437?

CVE-2019-17437 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2019-17437 PAN-OS: Custom-role users may escalate privileges

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2019-17437 cover?

CVE-2019-17437 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2019-17437. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2019-17437?

CVE-2019-17437 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2019-17437High

CVE-2019-17437 PAN-OS: Custom-role users may escalate privileges

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

December 4, 2019

Last Modified

December 4, 2019

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.11; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5. PAN-OS version 7.0 and prior EOL versions have not been evaluated for this issue.

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

This issue has been resolved in 7.1.25, 8.0.20, 8.1.11, 9.0.5 and all subsequent versions. Workarounds and mitigations: Remove any untrusted custom-role users from the device or disable their access until fixes can be applied. Restrict access to the device to only trusted users.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17437