CVE-2020-2034
highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.072 · 94 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal allows an unauthenticated network based attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. An attacker requires some knowledge of the firewall to exploit this issue. This issue can not be exploited if GlobalProtect portal feature is not enabled. This issue impacts PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; all versions of PAN-OS 8.0 and PAN-OS 7.1. Prisma Access services are not impacted by this vulnerability.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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affected products (10)
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also known as (3)
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references (9)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47120cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2034cnnvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2034cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/PAN-OS-code-execution-via-GlobalProtect-OS-Command-Injection-32785cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2350.2/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2350.3/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2350/cnnvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2034enisa_euvd
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