TI-2020-01949 Aliases CVE-2020-2034 GHSA-77qg-vcj7-f3hj

PAN-OS: OS command injection vulnerability in GlobalProtect portal

MEDIUM 45CWE-78Published 2020-07-08 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal allows an unauthenticated network based attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges. An attacker requires some knowledge of the firewall to exploit this issue. This issue can not be exploited if GlobalProtect portal feature is not enabled. This issue impacts PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; all versions of PAN-OS 8.0 and PAN-OS 7.1. Prisma Access services are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07152 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed PAN-OS (Palo Alto Networks): 9.1.3, 9.0.9, 8.1.15

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; all versions; 9.1 to before 9.1.3; 9.0 to before 9.0.9; 8.1 to before 8.1.15	9.1.3, 9.0.9, 8.1.15	Patch available	CNA

PAN-OS VendorPalo Alto Networks Affected all versions; all versions; 9.1 to before 9.1.3; 9.0 to before 9.0.9; 8.1 to before 8.1.15 Fixed in 9.1.3, 9.0.9, 8.1.15 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::	7.1.0 – 7.1.26; 8.0.0 – 8.0.20; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.15; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.9; 9.1.0 to before 9.1.3	Vulnerable	CyberArk Software, a Palo Alto Networks Company

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1.0 – 7.1.26; 8.0.0 – 8.0.20; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.15; 9.0.0 to before 9.0.9; 9.1.0 to before 9.1.3 Vulnerable ·CyberArk Software, a Palo Alto Networks Company

Remediation

Fix · CNA PAN-OS (Palo Alto Networks) Fixed in 9.1.3, 9.0.9, 8.1.15

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2020-07-08
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.15, 9.0.9, 9.1.3
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-01898 PAN-OS: TLS 1.0 usage for certain communications with Palo Alto Networks cloud delivered servicesPriority LOW 22
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2034
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77qg-vcj7-f3hj

References

Advisory 1

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2034

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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Sources

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