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GHSA-73G7-P5MH-VR2V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:02 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:02

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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.

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CVE-2019-17437 (GCVE-0-2019-17437)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-05 14:11 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:10

Title

PAN-OS: Custom-role users may escalate privileges

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-280 - Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

Assigner

palo_alto CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard A 95/100 over 96 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/H…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
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)

Date Public

2019-12-04 00:00

Credits

Christophe Schleypen of NCIA / NCIRC

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