CVE-2020-2038 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS management interface that allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than 10.0.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.91756.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os

Configuration 1 [-]

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Fixes

Solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 9.0.10, PAN-OS 9.1.4, PAN-OS 10.0.1, and all later PAN-OS versions.

Workaround

This issue impacts the PAN-OS management web interface but you can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management web interface. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation, available at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168008/PAN-OS-10.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168408/Palo-Alto-Networks-Authenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2038

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.92357}`	epss `{'score': 0.92484}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published: 2020-09-09T16:45:26.588785Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:47:58.614Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-2038

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-09T17:15:25.760

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:24:31.310

Link: CVE-2020-2038

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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