CVE-2020-2015 — PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management server

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HIGH

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management server

Published May 13, 2020

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.91%

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to crash system processes or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. 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 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.1; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

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
  -
- Version
  8.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <8.1.13
- 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	<7.1.26
8.0.*	affected	-
8.1	affected	<8.1.13
9.0	affected	<9.0.7
9.1	affected	<9.1.1

Remediation

Vendor solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 7.1.26, PAN-OS 8.1.13, 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.

Metrics

1.91% 0.01911

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

EPSS probability 0.01911

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (16 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.91% (0.01911)	79.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.91% (0.01911)	77.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	1.74% (0.01737)	80.81th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.35% (0.03346)	78.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	1.74% (0.01737)	80.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jul 20, 2024	0.10% (0.00097)	41.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.10% (0.00097)	41.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00097)	39.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.09% (0.01086)	53.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.09% (0.01086)	51.85th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.09% (0.01086)	49.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	15.36% (0.15362)	92.49th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	3.20% (0.03197)	66.46th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	3.20% (0.03197)	66.14th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	0.73% (0.00731)	49.19th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	0.73% (0.00731)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-120

Classic Buffer Overflow

References (1)

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2015
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2015		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-2020-2015

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-2015

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-2015