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CVE-2020-1980

A shell command injection vulnerability in the PAN-OS CLI allows a local authenticated user to escape the restricted shell and escalate privileges. This issue affects only PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 9.0, or later PAN-OS versions. This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, and all later versions.

Severity
High 7.8
Published
11 Mar 2020
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
8.1.13
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OSServers and applications · cpe:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os
  • From 8.1.0 before 8.1.13

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1980
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1980