CVE-2020-1997 — PAN-OS: GlobalProtect registration open redirect

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MEDIUM

PAN-OS: GlobalProtect registration open redirect

Published May 13, 2020

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.92%

Description

An open redirection vulnerability in the GlobalProtect component of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows an attacker to specify an arbitrary redirection target away from the trusted GlobalProtect gateway. If the user then successfully authenticates it will cause them to access an unexpected and potentially malicious website. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.0 versions earlier than 8.0.14.

Affected products

Vendor Palo Alto Networks Product Pan-OS Default
n/a
- Version
  7.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <7.1.26
- Version
  8.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <8.0.14
- Version
  8.1.*
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  9.0.*
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  9.1.*
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Palo Alto Networks

Pan-OS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
7.1	affected	<7.1.26
8.0	affected	<8.0.14
8.1.*	unaffected	-
9.0.*	unaffected	-
9.1.*	unaffected	-

Remediation

Vendor solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 7.1.26, PAN-OS 8.0.14, and all later PAN-OS versions.

Metrics

0.92% 0.00916

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00916

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.92% (0.00916)	58.73th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.89% (0.00893)	57.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.08% (0.00078)	34.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 28, 2024	0.08% (0.00078)	34.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.08% (0.00078)	31.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 31, 2022	2.56% (0.02561)	62.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Jan 6, 2022	1.95% (0.01953)	49.47th	v1
Jan 5, 2022	0.44% (0.00442)	28.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.44% (0.00442)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-601

Open Redirect

References (1)

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1997
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1997		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner palo_alto

Published May 13, 2020

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Dec 4, 2019

Link CVE-2020-1997

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-1997

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-1997