TI-2020-01934 Aliases CVE-2020-2018 GHSA-7qj6-jfj8-2jr9

PAN-OS: Panorama authentication bypass vulnerability

MEDIUM 42CWE-287Published 2020-05-13 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged access to managed firewalls. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01358 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed PAN-OS (Palo Alto Networks): 7.1.26, 8.1.12, 9.0.6

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	all versions; 7.1 to before 7.1.26; 8.1 to before 8.1.12; 9.0 to before 9.0.6	7.1.26, 8.1.12, 9.0.6	Patch available	CNA

PAN-OS VendorPalo Alto Networks Affected all versions; 7.1 to before 7.1.26; 8.1 to before 8.1.12; 9.0 to before 9.0.6 Fixed in 7.1.26, 8.1.12, 9.0.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::	7.1.0 to before 7.1.26; 8.0.0 – 8.0.20; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.12; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.6	Vulnerable	CyberArk Software, a Palo Alto Networks Company

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1.0 to before 7.1.26; 8.0.0 – 8.0.20; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.12; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.6 Vulnerable ·CyberArk Software, a Palo Alto Networks Company

Remediation

Fix · CNA PAN-OS (Palo Alto Networks) Fixed in 7.1.26, 8.1.12, 9.0.6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2018
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7qj6-jfj8-2jr9

References

Advisory 1

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2018

TI-2024-08782 Expedition: Unauthenticated OS Command Injection Vulnerability Leads to Firewall Credential Disclosure KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2024-03172 PAN-OS: Arbitrary File Creation Leads to OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2020-01936 PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in SAML Authentication KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2017-11675 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-00239 PAN-OS: Unauthenticated user initiated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in User-ID™ Authentication Portal KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2024-08784 Expedition: SQL Injection Leads to Firewall Admin Credential Disclosure KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2

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