A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-2040

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-pf79-9hv7-chg5

Published

May 24, 2022 5:27 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:27 PM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 27, 2025 6:35 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.