CVE-2020-1994

PAN-OS: Predictable temporary file vulnerability

At a glance

Severity
MEDIUM 4.1
EPSS
EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
palo_alto
NVD status
Modified

Description

A predictable temporary file vulnerability in PAN-OS allows a local authenticated user with shell access to corrupt arbitrary system files affecting the integrity of the system. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Npalo_alto
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OSaffected 7.1.* ; affected 8.0.* ; affected 8.1 < 8.1.13 ; affected 9.0 < 9.0.7 ; unaffected 9.1.0 < 9.1*

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD