A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator with permission to upload plugins to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.7; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.2. This issue does not affect Prisma Access.
Fixes

Solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.20, PAN-OS 9.0.14, PAN-OS 9.1.11, PAN-OS 10.0.7, PAN-OS 10.1.2, and all later PAN-OS versions.


Workaround

This issue requires the attacker to have authenticated access to the PAN-OS web interface. You can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS web interface. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:40:41.903Z

Reserved: 2021-01-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3054

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-08T17:15:12.250

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:20:51.640

Link: CVE-2021-3054

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