CVE-2020-1991

7.1 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.1) in paloaltonetworks traps. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An insecure temporary file vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Traps allows a local authenticated Windows user to escalate privileges or overwrite system files. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Traps 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 6.1 versions before 6.1.4 on Windows. This issue does not affect Cortex XDR 7.0. This issue does not affect Traps for Linux or MacOS.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.1 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 20% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-269, CWE-377
Published: 2020-04-08
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

paloaltonetworks:traps

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1991
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1991

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