High severity · published Sep 9, 2020
CVE-2020-2041
An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote unauthenticated user to send a specifically crafted request to the device that…
7.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote unauthenticated user to send a specifically crafted request to the device that causes the appweb service to crash. Repeated attempts to send this request result in denial of service to all PAN-OS services by restarting the device and putting it into maintenance mode. This issue impacts all versions of PAN-OS 8.0, and PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.16.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% 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
8.0.0 through 8.0.20; 8.1.0 before 8.1.16 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2041
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2041
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2041
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