CVE-2019-1579
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 July 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Remote Code Execution in PAN-OS 7.1.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.11-h1 and earlier, and PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier with GlobalProtect Portal or GlobalProtect Gateway Interface enabled may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 44.16% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 10 January 2022 · due 10 July 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- paloaltonetworks/pan-os
- Source
- psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
EPSS moved from 44.2% on 25 October 2026 to 44.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1579
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109310Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://devco.re/blog/2019/07/17/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-1-PreAuth-RCE-on-Palo-Alto-GlobalProtect-with-Uber-as-case-study/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-1579Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109310Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://devco.re/blog/2019/07/17/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-1-PreAuth-RCE-on-Palo-Alto-GlobalProtect-with-Uber-as-case-study/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-1579Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1579US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.