High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-2027
CVE-2020-2027
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the authd component of the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.7.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=7.1.0,<=7.1.26
- (no CPE)range: 7.1.*
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2027nvdVendor Advisory
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