VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-1990

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability2.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-04-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS allows an authenticated user to upload a corrupted PAN-OS configuration and potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 versions before 8.1.13; 9.0 versions before 9.0.7. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references