Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-1998
An improper authorization vulnerability in PAN-OS that mistakenly uses the permissions of local linux users instead of the intended SAML permissions of the account when the username is shared for the purposes of SSO authentication. This can result in authentication bypass and unintended resource access for the user. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.1; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 44.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.4
CVSS v2 Score 6.5
References
Products affected by CVE-2020-1998
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.0
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.1
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.10
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.11
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.12
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.13
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.14
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.15
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.16
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.17
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.18
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.19
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.2
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.20
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.21
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.22
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.23
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.24
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.25
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.3
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.4
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.4-h2
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.5
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.6
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.7
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.8
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:7.1.9
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.0
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.1
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.10
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.11
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.12
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.13
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.14
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.15
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.16
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.17
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.18
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.19
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.2
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.20
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.3
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.4
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.5
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.6
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.7
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.8
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.0.9
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.0
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.1
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.10
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.11
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.12
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.2
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.3
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.4
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.5
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.6
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.7
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.8
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:8.1.9
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:9.0.0
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:9.0.1
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:9.0.2
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:9.0.3
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:9.0.4
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:9.0.5
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cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:9.1.0