High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-2042
CVE-2020-2042
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue impacts only PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=10.0.0,<10.0.1
- (no CPE)range: <10.0.1
- (no CPE)range: 10.0
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2042nvdVendor Advisory
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