CVE-2020-2008

PAN-OS: OS command injection or arbitrary file deletion vulnerability

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: May 13, 2020 at 07:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPAN-OS

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

An OS command injection and external control of filename vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows authenticated administrators to execute code with root privileges or delete arbitrary system files and impact the system's integrity or cause a denial of service condition. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14.

Affected

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

7.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.1.268.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.0.208.1 ≤ v < 8.1.148.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.1.137.1.*8.0.*8.1
Affected range stops below 8.1.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 9.0.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9.1.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (1)

CVSS

7.2HIGHpalo_alto
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-73CWE-78

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