01 Record
CVE-2020-2018
PAN-OS: Panorama authentication bypass vulnerability
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score9.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
PAN-OS: Panorama authentication bypass vulnerability
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
- 1.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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
- 2020-05-13 19:07Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 23:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-04
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 12a4ec8540b067c57c2e50c8f8fb15354ff710b90bee7594a156f7e38847980e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2018
07 Remediation
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 7.1.26, PAN-OS 8.1.12, PAN-OS 9.0.6, and all later PAN-OS versions. Upgrading Panorama to a fixed version is sufficient to resolve the issue. 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.