VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-17437

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-12-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.11; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5. PAN-OS version 7.0 and prior EOL versions have not been evaluated for this issue.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references