CVE-2020-2018

Critical

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged access to managed firewalls. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.0
Exploit probability—
ProductPaloaltonetworks Pan-os
PublishedMay 13, 2020
First seenMay 13, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • paloaltonetworks pan-os7.1.26, 8.1.12, 9.0.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
paloaltonetworks pan-os7.1.0 ≤ v < 7.1.26, 8.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.0.20, 8.1.0 ≤ v < 8.1.12, 9.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.67.1.26, 8.1.12, 9.0.6

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CVE-2020-2018 · Paloaltonetworks Pan-os · Dark Radar