CVE-2020-2037
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.036 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS management interface that allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–9
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affected products (6)
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also known as (3)
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references (8)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/48975cnnvd
- https://media.cert.europa.eu/static/SecurityAdvisories/2020/CERT-EU-SA2020-045.pdfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2037cnnvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2037cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Palo-Alto-PAN-OS-code-execution-via-OS-Command-Injection-33298cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3112/cnnvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2037enisa_euvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2037Vendor Advisorynvd
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