Vulnerability · Published Nov 10, 2021 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2021-3060PAN-OS: OS Command Injection in Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP)

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in PAN-OS from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 32.5% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)32.5%top 1.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

An OS command injection vulnerability in the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) feature of PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker with specific knowledge of the firewall configuration to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges. The attacker must have network access to the GlobalProtect interfaces to exploit this issue. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20-h1; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14-h3; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11-h2; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.8; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.3. Prisma Access customers with Prisma Access 2.1 Preferred and Prisma Access 2.1 Innovation firewalls are impacted by this issue.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 – before 8.1.20-h19.0 – before 9.0.14-h39.1 – before 9.1.11-h210.0 – before 10.0.810.1 – before 10.1.3
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access 2.1 Preferred2.1 Innovation

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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