CVE-2020-2027

HIGH

PAN-OS 7.1.0-7.1.25 and 8.0 - Authenticated Stack-based Buffer Overflow in authd

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the authd component of the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.7.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2027

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0240
EPSS Percentile 85.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-121 CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/pan-os 7.1.0 - 7.1.26
Published Jun 10, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026