High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-2041
CVE-2020-2041
Description
An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote unauthenticated user to send a specifically crafted request to the device that causes the appweb service to crash. Repeated attempts to send this request result in denial of service to all PAN-OS services by restarting the device and putting it into maintenance mode. This issue impacts all versions of PAN-OS 8.0, and PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.16.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=8.0.0,<=8.0.20
- (no CPE)range: <8.1.16
- (no CPE)range: 8.0.*
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2041nvdVendor Advisory
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