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CVE-2020-2042

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management web interface

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: September 9, 2020 at 04:45 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 2%

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue impacts only PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

Affected

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

PAN-OS· Palo Alto Networks
95%
10.0 ≤ v < 10.0.110.0
Affected range stops below 10.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 8.1.* (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9.0.* (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9.1.* (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2042

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-121CWE-120

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