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CVE-2020-2028

PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in FIPS-CC mode certificate verification

High7.2EPSS 1.8%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
palo_alto

Description

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in PAN-OS management server allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges when uploading a new certificate in FIPS-CC mode. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.7.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2020-2028, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
palo_altoCNA (assigner)3.1High7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS

    • affected 7.1.*
    • affected 8.0.*
    • affected 8.1 – < 8.1.13
    • affected 9.0 – < 9.0.7
    • unaffected 9.1.0 – < 9.1*

What to do

Solution: This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, PAN-OS 9.0.7, PAN-OS 9.1.0, and all later PAN-OS versions.

Solution: PAN-OS 8.0 is end-of-life (as of October 31, 2019) and is no longer covered by our Product Security Assurance policies. PAN-OS 7.1 is on extended support until June 30, 2020, and is only being considered for critical security vulnerability fixes.

Workaround: This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and you can mitigate the impact of this issue 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/best-practices.

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