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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-3064

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces that enables an unauthenticated network-based attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 20.1%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces that enables an unauthenticated network-based attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The attacker must have network access to the GlobalProtect interface to exploit this issue. This issue impacts PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.17. Prisma Access customers are not impacted by this issue.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
20.11% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121, CWE-787
Affected
paloaltonetworks/pan-os
Source
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.