CVE-2019-17437

HIGH

Paloaltonetworks Pan-os < 7.1.25 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.11; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5. PAN-OS version 7.0 and prior EOL versions have not been evaluated for this issue.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/159

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 31.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-280 CWE-287

Status published

Products (1)

paloaltonetworks/pan-os 7.1.0 - 7.1.25

Published Dec 05, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026