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Servers and applications

CVE-2021-3054

A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator with permission to upload plugins to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS…

Severity
Medium 6.6
Published
8 Sept 2021
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
8.1.20, 9.0.14, 9.1.11, 10.0.7, 10.1.2
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OSServers and applications · cpe:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os
  • From 8.1.0 before 8.1.20
  • From 9.0.0 before 9.0.14
  • From 9.1.0 before 9.1.11
  • From 10.0.0 before 10.0.7
  • From 10.1.0 before 10.1.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3054
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3054