CVE-2020-2003 — PAN-OS: Authenticated administrator can delete arbitrary system file

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MEDIUM

PAN-OS: Authenticated administrator can delete arbitrary system file

Published May 13, 2020

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.94%

Description

An external control of filename vulnerability in the command processing of PAN-OS allows an authenticated administrator to delete arbitrary system files affecting the integrity of the system or causing denial of service to all PAN-OS services. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions before 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions before 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions before 9.1.1.

Affected products

Vendor Palo Alto Networks Product Pan-OS Default
n/a
- Version
  7.1.*
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  8.0.*
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  8.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <8.1.14
- Version
  9.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <9.0.7
- Version
  9.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <9.1.1

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	-
8.0.*	affected	-
8.1	affected	<8.1.14
9.0	affected	<9.0.7
9.1	affected	<9.1.1

Remediation

Vendor solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.14, PAN-OS 9.0.7, PAN-OS 9.1.1, and all later PAN-OS versions.

PAN-OS 8.0 is now end-of-life as of October 31, 2019, and is no longer covered by our Product Security Assurance policies.

PAN-OS 7.1 is on extended support until June 30, 2020, and is only being considered for critical security vulnerability fixes.

Metrics

0.94% 0.00938

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

EPSS probability 0.00938

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.94% (0.00938)	59.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.94% (0.00938)	59.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.08% (0.00081)	35.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 21, 2024	0.08% (0.00081)	35.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.08% (0.00081)	33.07th	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)
Feb 4, 2022	4.50% (0.04499)	74.08th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	2.28% (0.02283)	52.26th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	2.28% (0.02283)	51.78th	v1
Jan 5, 2022	0.52% (0.00518)	31.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.52% (0.00518)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-73

References (1)

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2003
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2003		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-2020-2003

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-2003

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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