CVE-2021-3054: A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator with…

PriorityP337medium6.6CVSS 3.1

AVNACHPRHUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.89%

54.8th percentile

A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator with permission to upload plugins to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.7; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.2. This issue does not affect Prisma Access.

Affected

11 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 10.0 < 10.0.7	10.0.7
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 10.1 < 10.1.2	10.1.2
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 8.1 < 8.1.20	8.1.20
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 9.0 < 9.0.14	9.0.14
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 9.1 < 9.1.11	9.1.11
paloalto	pan-os	—	—
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.7	10.0.7
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 10.1.0 < 10.1.2	10.1.2
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.20	8.1.20
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.14	9.0.14
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 9.1.0 < 9.1.11	9.1.11

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.6MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.08.5HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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