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01 Record

CVE-2020-2012

PAN-OS: Panorama: XML external entity reference ('XXE') vulnerability leads the to information leak

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

02 Description

PAN-OS: Panorama: XML external entity reference ('XXE') vulnerability leads the to information leak

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
1.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 80.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (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:N/A:N
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
2020-05-13 19:07Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 04:24Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-12-04
Assigning CNA
palo_alto
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.5)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
a5853a97002a0f4d3a64284157243bfba5ca2d8c2b10eda0f7ee59836594f312

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.0.*, 7.1.*, 8.1 to < 8.1.13, 9.0 to < 9.0.7—

06 References

07 Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, PAN-OS 9.0.7, PAN-OS 9.1.0, and all later PAN-OS versions. PAN-OS 8.0 is now end-of-life as of October 31, 2019, and is no longer covered by our Product Security Assurance policies. PAN-OS 7.1 is on extended support until June 30, 2020, and is only being considered for critical security vulnerability fixes.