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01 Record

CVE-2021-3062

PAN-OS: Improper Access Control Vulnerability Exposing AWS Instance Metadata Endpoint to GlobalProtect Users

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

02 Description

PAN-OS: Improper Access Control Vulnerability Exposing AWS Instance Metadata Endpoint to GlobalProtect Users

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
0.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 53.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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
2021-11-10 17:10Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 02:42Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-06
Assigning CNA
palo_alto
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.1)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d124f60c5658ea6d790354e5cc750fc2178f3bc373f50c46a67eac30750a2515

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.1 to < 9.1.11, 8.1 to < 8.1.20, 9.0 to < 9.0.14, 10.0 to < 10.0.8VM-Series
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma AccessNot specified—

06 References

07 Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.20, PAN-OS 9.0.14, PAN-OS 9.1.11, PAN-OS 10.0.8, and all later PAN-OS versions