CVE-2020-2034

PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in GlobalProtect portal

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 8, 2020 at 04:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPAN-OS

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%

Description

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal allows an unauthenticated network based attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. An attacker requires some knowledge of the firewall to exploit this issue. This issue can not be exploited if GlobalProtect portal feature is not enabled. This issue impacts PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; all versions of PAN-OS 8.0 and PAN-OS 7.1. Prisma Access services are not impacted by this vulnerability.

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 < 8.1.158.1.0 ≤ v < 8.1.159.0 ≤ v < 9.0.99.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.99.1 ≤ v < 9.1.39.1.0 ≤ v < 9.1.37.1.*8.0.*8.19.09.1
Affected range stops below 8.1.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.0.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (1)

CVSS

8.1HIGHpalo_alto
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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