Description
A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces that enables an unauthenticated network-based attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The attacker must have network access to the GlobalProtect interface to exploit this issue. This issue impacts PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.17. Prisma Access customers are not impacted by this issue.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks / pan-os9.0.* – 9.0.*
- Palo Alto Networks / pan-os9.1.* – 9.1.*
- Palo Alto Networks / pan-os10.0.* – 10.0.*
- Palo Alto Networks / pan-os10.1.* – 10.1.*
- Palo Alto Networks / pan-os8.1 – 8.1.17
- Palo Alto Networks / Prisma Access2.2 all – 2.2 all
- Palo Alto Networks / Prisma Access2.1 all – 2.1 all