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FKIE_CVE-2022-0030

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-10-12 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:19

Severity

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 web interface allows a network-based attacker with specific knowledge of the target firewall or Panorama appliance to impersonate an existing PAN-OS administrator and perform privileged actions.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@paloaltonetworks.com	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0030	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0030	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	paloaltonetworks	pan-os	*

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CVE-2022-0030 (GCVE-0-2022-0030)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-12 16:30 – Updated: 2025-05-15 14:00

Title

PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in Web Interface

Summary

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-15 13:59 UTC

CWE

CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Assigner

palo_alto mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0030

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	Unaffected: 9.0 All Unaffected: 9.1 All Unaffected: 10.1 All Unaffected: 10.2 All Unaffected: 10.0 All Affected: 8.1 , < 8.1.24 (custom)
Palo Alto Networks	Cloud NGFW	Unaffected: All
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access	Unaffected: All

Date Public

2022-10-12 00:00

Credits

Palo Alto Networks thanks the security researcher that discovered and reported this issue.

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