CVE-2021-3053

HIGH

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS <8.1.20, <9.0 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS dataplane that enables an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send specifically crafted traffic through the firewall that causes the 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: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.9; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.5. This issue does not affect Prisma Access.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 55.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-755
Status published

Affected Products (1)

paloaltonetworks/pan-os < 8.1.20

Timeline

Published Sep 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026