CVE-2021-3050

published 2021-08-11

CVE-2021-3050: An OS command injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands to…

Priority P2 59 high 8.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

An OS command injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands to escalate privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 9.0 version 9.0.10 through PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 version 9.1.4 through PAN-OS 9.1.10; PAN-OS 10.0 version 10.0.7 and earlier PAN-OS 10.0 versions; PAN-OS 10.1 version 10.1.0 through PAN-OS 10.1.1. Prisma Access firewalls and firewalls running PAN-OS 8.1 versions are not impacted by this issue.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 10.0.0 < 10.0*	10.0*
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 10.1.0 < 10.1*	10.1*
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 9.0.10 < 9.0*	9.0*
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 9.1.4 < 9.1*	9.1*
paloalto	pan-os	—	—
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.8	10.0.8
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 10.1.0 < 10.1.2	10.1.2
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.15	9.0.15
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 9.1.0 < 9.1.11	9.1.11

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Enable the Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention signature for Unique Threat ID 91439 on traffic destined for the PAN-OS web interface to block exploit attempts against CVE-2021-3050. ↗

• · Exploitation requires the attacker to already have authenticated administrator access to the PAN-OS web interface; unauthenticated remote exploitation is not possible. ↗
• · Prisma Access firewalls and firewalls running PAN-OS 8.1 are not affected and do not require mitigation for this CVE. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 9.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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