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CVE-2020-1980

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

High7.8EPSS 0.63%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
palo_alto

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. This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, and all later versions.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2020-1980, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
palo_altoCNA (assigner)3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.63% · top 50% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS

    • affected 8.1 < 8.1.13
    • affected 8.1 !>= 8.1.13
    • affected 9.0 !>= 9.0.0
    • affected 7.1 !>= 7.1.0
    • affected 9.1 !>= 9.1.0

What to do

Solution: This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, and all later versions.

Workaround: 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.

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Sources

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