A buffer overflow vulnerability in the authd component of the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.7.

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 7.1.x prior to 8.1.13 or 9.0.x prior to 9.0.7.
It is, therefore, affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability in the authd component of the PAN-OS management server.
An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2020-2027

high

Tenable Plugins

high