CVE-2020-1998

PAN-OS: Improper SAML SSO authorization of shared local users

State: Published
Severity: 5.4 Medium
Published: May 13, 2020
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Dec 4, 2019

Description

An improper authorization vulnerability in PAN-OS that mistakenly uses the permissions of local linux users instead of the intended SAML permissions of the account when the username is shared for the purposes of SSO authentication. This can result in authentication bypass and unintended resource access for the user. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.1; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.4 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks	8.0.*Affected 8.1 to before 8.1.13Affectedfrom 8.1.13Not affected 7.1 to before 7.1.26Affectedfrom 7.1.26Not affected 9.0 to before 9.0.6Affectedfrom 9.0.6Not affected 9.1 to before 9.1.1Affectedfrom 9.1.1Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1998

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