CVE-2020-2041
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.021 · 82 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote unauthenticated user to send a specifically crafted request to the device that causes the appweb service to crash. Repeated attempts to send this request result in denial of service to all PAN-OS services by restarting the device and putting it into maintenance mode. This issue impacts all versions of PAN-OS 8.0, and PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.16.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.8
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affected products (4)
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references (8)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/49026cnnvd
- https://media.cert.europa.eu/static/SecurityAdvisories/2020/CERT-EU-SA2020-045.pdfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2041cnnvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2041cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Palo-Alto-PAN-OS-denial-of-service-via-Management-Web-Interface-33302cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3116/cnnvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2041enisa_euvd
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2041Vendor Advisorynvd
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