A shell command injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS CLI allows a local authenticated user to escape the restricted shell and escalate privileges. This issue affects only PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 9.0, or later PAN-OS versions. This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, and all later versions.
Fixes

Solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, and all later versions.


Workaround

This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and is mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Our best practices guidelines reduce the exposure of the management interface to potential attackers. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS 8.1 technical documentation, available at: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/getting-started/best-practices-for-securing-administrative-access.

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:29:01.339Z

Reserved: 2019-12-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-1980

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-11T19:15:13.467

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:11:46.670

Link: CVE-2020-1980

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