High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-1990
CVE-2020-1990
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.
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3cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=8.1.0,<8.1.13
- (no CPE)range: <8.1.13, <9.0.7
- (no CPE)range: 8.1
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1990nvdVendor Advisory
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