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high 7.2

CVE-2020-2038 in the critical feed json

PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in the management web interface

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-22064

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
86.2%
EPSS 86.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS management interface that allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than 10.0.1.

Patch / fix

  • Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 9.0.10, 9.1.4, 10.0.1

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/panos_op_cmd_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

86.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/http/panos_op_cmd_exec Palo Alto Networks Authenticated Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2020-09-09
  • EDB-51005 PAN-OS 10.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated) remote, 2022-08-09
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168008/PAN-OS-10.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168408/Palo-Alto-Networks-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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