CVE-2023-6792
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-13 18:16
Modified
2024-10-08 14:26
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Summary
An OS command injection vulnerability in the XML API of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated API user to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with limited privileges on the firewall.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6792Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6792Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW
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