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FKIE_CVE-2020-2029

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-06-10 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:11
Summary
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS web management interface allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges by sending a malicious request to generate new certificates for use in the PAN-OS configuration. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13.
Impacted products

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          "vendor": "Palo Alto Networks",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "8.0.*"
            },
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                  "at": "7.1.26",
                  "status": "unaffected"
                }
              ],
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "7.1",
              "versionType": "custom"
            },
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                  "status": "unaffected"
                }
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            },
            {
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              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "9.0.0",
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            },
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              "lessThan": "9.1*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "9.1.0",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de inyecci\u00f3n de comandos del Sistema Operativo en la interfaz de administraci\u00f3n web de PAN-OS, permite a administradores autenticados ejecutar comandos arbitrarios del Sistema Operativo con privilegios root mediante el env\u00edo de una petici\u00f3n maliciosa para generar nuevos certificados para su uso en la configuraci\u00f3n de PAN-OS. Este problema afecta a: Todas las versiones de PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS versiones 7.1 anteriores a PAN-OS versi\u00f3n 7.1.26; PAN-OS versiones 8.1 anteriores a PAN-OS versi\u00f3n 8.1.13"
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2020-2029",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:11:40.343",
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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}



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