CVE-2020-1990

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS allows an authenticated user to upload a corrupted PAN-OS configuration and potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 versions before 8.1.13; 9.0 versions before 9.0.7. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-121 CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 8, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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