CVE-2020-2018
CRITICALPAN-OS 7.1.0-7.1.25 - Authentication Bypass via Panorama Context Switching
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2018
Scores
CVSS v3
9.0
EPSS
0.0032
EPSS Percentile
55.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/pan-os
7.1.0 - 7.1.26
Published
May 13, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026