CVE-2020-1998

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1998
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-13 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-19 16:05:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2020-1998 PAN-OS: Improper SAML SSO authorization of shared local users CONFIRM security.paloaltonetworks.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Palo Alto Networks would like to thank Maurice Lok-Hin for discovering and reporting this issue.

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