What is CVE-2020-1980?

CVE-2020-1980 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2020-1980 PAN-OS: Shell injection vulnerability in PAN-OS CLI allows execution of shell commands

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2020-1980 cover?

CVE-2020-1980 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-1980. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2020-1980?

CVE-2020-1980 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2020-1980High

CVE-2020-1980 PAN-OS: Shell injection vulnerability in PAN-OS CLI allows execution of shell commands

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

March 11, 2020

Last Modified

March 11, 2020

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

A shell command injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS CLI allows a local authenticated user to escape the restricted shell and escalate privileges. This issue affects only PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 9.0, or later PAN-OS versions.

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, and all later versions. Workarounds and mitigations: This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and is mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Our best practices guidelines reduce the exposure of the management interface to potential attackers. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS 8.1 technical documentation, available at: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/getting-started/best-practices-for-securing-administrative-access.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1980