VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-2018
CVSS score9 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-05-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged access to managed firewalls. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.
Weakness classification
- CWE-287: Improper Authentication
Primary references
- psirt@paloaltonetworks.com — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory