{"id":"CVE-2021-3045","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-3045","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:17:27.647Z","title":"An OS command argument injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator to read any arbitrary file from the file system.","description":"An OS command argument injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator to read any arbitrary file from the file system. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.19; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.10. PAN-OS 10.0 and later versions are not impacted.","published":"2021-08-11T17:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:04:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-88"],"affected":["paloaltonetworks/pan-os"],"epss":{"score":0.0079,"percentile":0.56001,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.79%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3045","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3045","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3045","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}