CVE-2020-2007: PAN-OS: OS command injection in management server

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-05-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An OS command injection vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS allows an authenticated user to potentially execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This issue affects: All PAN-OS 7.1 versions; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7.

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 7.1.0 through 7.1.26; from 8.0.0 through 8.0.20; from 8.1.0 through 8.1.13; from 9.0.0 through 9.0.6

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2007
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2007

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