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CVE-2020-1990

HIGH
Published 2020-04-08T18:41:58.493602Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.2
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.014
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 1.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.794
Higher than 79.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Palo Alto Networks

PAN-OS

Affected Versions:

7.1.* 8.1 9.0

GitHub Security Advisories

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⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-cm7j-2j4j-9pf4

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1990
WEB https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1990

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: May 24, 2022

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1990
Published: 2020-04-08T18:41:58.493602Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T01:16:16.817Z
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