CVE-2017-15940

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The web interface packet capture management component in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and 8.0.x before 8.0.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-77

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102076Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040006Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-15940
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102076Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040006Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-15940

Timeline

Published: Dec 11, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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