CVE-2020-2038

highpriority · attend · 69EPSS 0.862 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

86.2% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than 10.0.1.

cvss

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

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@paloaltonetworks.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/http/panos_op_cmd_execPalo Alto Networks Authenticated Remote Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-51005PAN-OS 10.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated)PoC · exploit_db
und3sc0n0c1d0/CVE-2020-2038Exploit to capitalize on vulnerability CVE-2020-2038.PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS10.0 → 10.0.1enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS9.0 → 9.0.10enisa_euvdEU
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS9.1 → 9.1.4enisa_euvdEU
paloaltonetworks pan-os10.0.0 → 10.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os9.0.0 → 9.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os9.1.0 → 9.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-09-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (17)

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