Critical severity · published Aug 23, 2019
CVE-2019-1581
A remote code execution vulnerability in the PAN-OS SSH device management interface that can lead to unauthenticated remote users with network access to the SSH management…
9.8
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability in the PAN-OS SSH device management interface that can lead to unauthenticated remote users with network access to the SSH management interface gaining root access to PAN-OS. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.24-h1, 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.19-h1, 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.9-h4, 8.1.10; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.3-h3, 9.0.4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks
through 7.1.24; 8.0.0 through 8.0.19; 8.1.0 through 8.1.9; 9.0.0 through 9.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1581
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1581
security.paloaltonetworks.com
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-1581
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