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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2020-1998

Change History

CVE Modified by Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 5/13/2020 4:15:16 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Changed 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 8.0 versions earlier than 8.0.21;

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.
 
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 8.0 versions earlier than 8.0.21; 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.