Vulnerability · Published Nov 10, 2021 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2021-3061PAN-OS: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-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 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An OS command injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS command line interface (CLI) enables an authenticated administrator with access to the CLI to execute arbitrary OS commands to escalate privileges. 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 that have Prisma Access 2.1 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-h310.0 – before 10.0.810.1 – before 10.1.39.1 – before 9.1.11-h2
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access 2.1 Preferred2.1 Innovation

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

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