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CVE-2020-1998

Published: May 13, 2020

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.4

MEDIUM

Description

An improper authorization vulnerability in PAN-OS that mistakenly uses the permissions of local linux users instead of the intended SAML permissions of the account when the username is shared for the purposes of SSO authentication. This can result in authentication bypass and unintended resource access for the user. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.1; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

VendorProductVersions

Palo Alto Networks

PAN-OS

affected
8.0.*
affected
8.1 - < 8.1.13
affected
7.1 - < 7.1.26
affected
9.0 - < 9.0.6
affected
9.1 - < 9.1.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-285

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

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