CVE-2020-2001

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.4%

Critical (9.8) in paloaltonetworks pan-os. EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An external control of path and data vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Panorama XSLT processing logic that allows an unauthenticated user with network access to PAN-OS management interface to write attacker supplied file on the system and elevate privileges. This issue affects: All PAN-OS 7.1 Panorama and 8.0 Panorama versions; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12 on Panorama; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6 on Panorama.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-787, CWE-123
Published: 2020-05-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

paloaltonetworks:pan-os

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2001
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2001

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