PAN-OS Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2020-2040) – Automatically Discover, Prioritize and Remediate Using Qualys VMDR®

On Sept 9, 2020, Palo Alto Networks published nine security bulletins addressing vulnerabilities in PAN-OS operating system versions 8.0 or later. One of the nine CVEs released, CVE-2020-2040, received a critical severity rating score of 9.8 based on the CVSS v3 Scoring system. PAN-OS devices are...

CVE-2020-2040

CVE-2020-2040 is a PAN-OS buffer overflow in the Captive Portal or MFA interface that can be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute code with root privileges. Affected PAN-OS versions: all 8.0; 8.1 prior to 8.1.15; 9.0 prior to 9.0.9; 9...

CVE-2020-2040 PAN-OS: Buffer overflow when Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled

A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of...

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow when Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled

A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of...