Critical severity · published May 13, 2020
CVE-2020-2018
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged…
9.0
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged access to managed firewalls. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% 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
7.1.0 before 7.1.26; 8.0.0 through 8.0.20; 8.1.0 before 8.1.12; 9.0.0 before 9.0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2018
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2018
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2018
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