CVE-2020-2034

CVE Enrichment

CVSS: 8.1 HIGH
EPSS: 7.15%
EPSS Percentile: 94.22%
CISA KEV: Not listed

Description

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.

Technical Details

CVSS Version: 3.1
CNA / NVD Source: psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
Published: 09-Jul-2020 00:15
Last Modified: 17-Jun-2026 10:11
EPSS Date: 2026-10-20
CWE: CWE-78

CVSS Vector


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

Affected Products / Versions

paloaltonetworks / pan-os
Version / affected range: * · from (inclusive) 7.1.0 · through (inclusive) 7.1.26
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks / pan-os
Version / affected range: * · from (inclusive) 8.0.0 · through (inclusive) 8.0.20
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks / pan-os
Version / affected range: * · from (inclusive) 8.1.0 · before (exclusive) 8.1.15
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks / pan-os
Version / affected range: * · from (inclusive) 9.0.0 · before (exclusive) 9.0.9
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks / pan-os
Version / affected range: * · from (inclusive) 9.1.0 · before (exclusive) 9.1.3
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

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Last enrichment sync: 21-Oct-2026 04:07
Sources: NVD · FIRST EPSS · CISA KEV
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Reported Context (1)

| **CVE-2020-2034** | Palo Alto PAN-OS Injection | 3.75M | Five years old. Sustained targeting suggests continued presence of unpatched systems | GreyNoise Report Highlights Edge Targeting, Fresh Attack Infrastructure and LLM Scanning

CVE (7)

Malware (1)

Threat Actors (2)

MITRE ATT&CK (5)

Vendors (10)

Products (5)

Tools (1)

Countries (4)

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