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01 Record

CVE-2019-17440

PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series: Improper restriction of communication to Log Forwarding Card (LFC) allows root access

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score10.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series: Improper restriction of communication to Log Forwarding Card (LFC) allows root access

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 76.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-12-20 15:22Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 01:56Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-10-10
Assigning CNA
palo_alto
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 10.0)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-923Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended EndpointsClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
76b88c2551580bfb07248e26565b35ca4cb4373bf797f6dd0bbddc1428e9824b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.0 to < 9.0.5-h3PA-7000 Series with 2nd Generation SMC

06 References

07 Remediation

This issue is fixed in 9.0.5-h3 and all subsequent releases. Content update 8218-5815 also fixes the issue.