High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3054
CVE-2021-3054
Description
A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator with permission to upload plugins to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.7; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.2. This issue does not affect Prisma Access.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=8.1.0,<8.1.20
- (no CPE)range: <8.1.20, <9.0.14, <9.1.11, <10.0.7, <10.1.2
- (no CPE)range: 8.1
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3054nvdVendor Advisory
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