CVE-2020-2014: PAN-OS: OS injection vulnerability in PAN-OS management server

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2020-2014?

CVE-2020-2014 is classified as a high severity OS Command Injection vulnerability.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-2014?

To fix CVE-2020-2014, upgrade your PAN-OS to version 8.1.14 or later, or to a later version if using PAN-OS 9.0.

Q: Which versions of PAN-OS are affected by CVE-2020-2014?

Affects all versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0, as well as versions 8.1.0 to 8.1.13 and 9.0.0 to 9.0.6.

Q: What are the potential impacts of CVE-2020-2014?

CVE-2020-2014 allows authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges.

Q: Who is vulnerable to CVE-2020-2014?

Authenticated users of the PAN-OS management server are vulnerable to CVE-2020-2014.

Published May 13, 2020

Updated

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7.

Affected Software

4 affected components

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS>=7.1.0<=7.1.26

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS>=8.0.0<=8.0.20

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS>=8.1.0<=8.1.13

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS>=9.0.0<=9.0.6

Remediation

Information

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.14, PAN-OS 9.0.7, PAN-OS 9.1.0 and all later PAN-OS versions. PAN-OS 8.0 is now 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.

Event History

May 13, 2020

CVE Published

via MITRE·07:07 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·07:07 PM

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-2014?

CVE-2020-2014 is classified as a high severity OS Command Injection vulnerability.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2014?