CVE-2020-2040
CRITICALPaloaltonetworks Pan-os < 8.0.20 - Buffer Overflow
Title source: ruleDescription
A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2040
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0399
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/pan-os
8.0.0 - 8.0.20
Published
Sep 09, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026