Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2020 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2020-2018PAN-OS: Panorama authentication bypass vulnerability

Critical 9.0

In plain English

A critical-severity improper authentication 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 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.0Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 28.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged access to managed firewalls. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	8.0.*7.1 – before 7.1.268.1 – before 8.1.129.0 – before 9.0.6

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2018 x_refsource_MISC