CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-2012

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: May 13, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Improper restriction of XML external entity reference (XXE) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Panorama management service allows remote unauthenticated attackers with network access to the Panorama management interface to read arbitrary files on the system. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS for Panorama 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS for Panorama 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS for Panorama 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.0 (including) 7.1.26 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 8.0.0 (including) 8.0.20 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 8.1.0 (including) 8.1.13 (excluding)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 9.0.0 (including) 9.0.7 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References