CVE-2021-3061

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3061
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-10 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-15 16:14:00 UTC
DescriptionAn OS command injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS command line interface (CLI) enables an authenticated administrator with access to the CLI to execute arbitrary OS commands to escalate privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20-h1; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14-h3; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11-h2; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.8; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.3. Prisma Access customers that have Prisma Access 2.1 firewalls are impacted by this issue.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

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
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Prisma Access 2.1 All All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Prisma Access 2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-3061 PAN-OS: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in the Command Line Interface (CLI) CONFIRM security.paloaltonetworks.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Palo Alto Networks thanks CJ, an external security researcher, and Ben Nott from Palo Alto Networks for discovering and reporting this issue.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730320 Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS) OS Command Injection Vulnerability (PAN-176655, PAN-158334)
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