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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-2016

CVE-2020-2016

Description

A race condition due to insecure creation of a file in a temporary directory vulnerability in PAN-OS allows for root privilege escalation from a limited linux user account. This allows an attacker who has escaped the restricted shell as a low privilege administrator, possibly by exploiting another vulnerability, to escalate privileges to become root user. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

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Affected products

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  • Paloaltonetworks/Pan OS3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=7.1.0,<7.1.26
    • (no CPE)range: 7.1 < 7.1.26, 8.1 < 8.1.13, 9.0 < 9.0.6, All versions of 8.0
    • (no CPE)range: 8.0.*
  • Pan/Panllm-fuzzy
    Range: 7.1 < 7.1.26, 8.1 < 8.1.13, 9.0 < 9.0.6, All versions of 8.0

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