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CVE-2020-2016

A race condition due to insecure creation of a file in a temporary directory vulnerability in PAN-OS allows for root privilege escalation from a limited linux user account. This allows an attacker who has escaped the restricted shell as a low privilege administrator, possibly by exploiting another vulnerability, to escalate privileges to become root user. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions…

Severity
High 7.0
Published
13 May 2020
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
7.1.26, 8.1.13, 9.0.6
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OSServers and applications · cpe:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os
  • From 7.1.0 before 7.1.26
  • From 8.0.0 up to 8.0.20
  • From 8.1.0 before 8.1.13
  • From 9.0.0 before 9.0.6

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2016
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2016