CVE-2021-3061

published 2021-11-10

CVE-2021-3061: An OS command injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS command line interface (CLI) enables an authenticated administrator with access to the…

Priority P3 47 high 7.2 CVSS 3.1

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

An 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.

Affected

15 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 10.0 < 10.0.8	10.0.8
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 10.1 < 10.1.3	10.1.3
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 8.1 < 8.1.20-h1	8.1.20-h1
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 9.0 < 9.0.14-h3	9.0.14-h3
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 9.1 < 9.1.11-h2	9.1.11-h2
palo_alto_networks	prisma_access	—	—
palo_alto_networks	prisma_access	—	—
paloalto	pan-os	—	—
paloalto	prisma_access	—	—
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.8	10.0.8
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	>= 10.1.0 < 10.1.3	10.1.3
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	8.1.0 – 8.1.20	—
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	9.0.0 – 9.0.14	—
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	9.1.0 – 9.1.11	—
paloaltonetworks	prisma_access	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.2 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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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