CVE-2019-17437

PAN-OS: Custom-role users may escalate privileges

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 5, 2019 at 02:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPAN-OS

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.11; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5. PAN-OS version 7.0 and prior EOL versions have not been evaluated for this issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

7.1 ≤ v < 7.1.257.1.0 ≤ v < 7.1.258.0 ≤ v < 8.0.208.0.0 ≤ v < 8.0.208.1 ≤ v < 8.1.118.1.0 ≤ v < 8.1.119.0 ≤ v < 9.0.59.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.57.18.08.19.0
Affected range stops below 7.1.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.0.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.1.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unknown)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

CVSS

7.8HIGHpalo_alto
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-280CWE-287

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