CVE-2019-1579

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.462 · 99 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

46.2% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-01-10remediate by 2022-07-10

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Remote Code Execution in PAN-OS 7.1.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.11-h1 and earlier, and PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier with GlobalProtect Portal or GlobalProtect Gateway Interface enabled may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.1

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USprimaryCWE-20US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Elsfa7-110/CVE-2019-1579Elsfa7-110/CVE-2019-1579PoC · poc_in_github
securifera/CVE-2019-1579securifera/CVE-2019-1579PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Portal/Gateway Interface≤ PAN-OS 7.1.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.11 and earlier, and PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier releasesenisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. PAN-OS≤ 8.1.2fstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. PAN-OS≤ 8.0.11-h1fstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. PAN-OS≤ 7.1.18fstec_bduRU
Palo Alto Networks Inc. PAN-OS8.0.0 → 8.0.11fstec_bduRU
paloaltonetworks pan-os< 7.1.19nvdUScpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os8.0.0 → 8.0.12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os8.1.0 → 8.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-07-19modified 2026-08-12

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references (18)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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