CVE-2019-17437 (GCVE-0-2019-17437)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-05 14:11 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
PAN-OS: Custom-role users may escalate privileges
Summary
An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.11; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5. PAN-OS version 7.0 and prior EOL versions have not been evaluated for this issue.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-280 - Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/H… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | PAN-OS |
Unknown:
unspecified , ≤ 7.0
(custom)
Affected: 7.1 , < 7.1.25 (custom) Affected: 8.0 , < 8.0.20 (custom) Affected: 8.1 , < 8.1.11 (custom) Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.5 (custom) |
guessed |
Date Public
2019-12-04 00:00
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