CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-1579
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Remote Code Execution in PAN-OS with GlobalProtect Portal or GlobalProtect Gateway Interface enabled.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-01-10
- Remediation due
- 2022-07-10
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1579
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2019-07-19
- Last modified
- 2026-10-02
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134
Description
Remote Code Execution in PAN-OS 7.1.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.11-h1 and earlier, and PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier with GlobalProtect Portal or GlobalProtect Gateway Interface enabled may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Affected configurations
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (< 7.1.19)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 8.0.0 < 8.0.12)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109310 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://devco.re/blog/2019/07/17/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-1-PreAuth-RCE-on-Palo-Alto-GlobalProtect-with-Uber-as-case-study/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-1579 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109310 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://devco.re/blog/2019/07/17/attacking-ssl-vpn-part-1-PreAuth-RCE-on-Palo-Alto-GlobalProtect-with-Uber-as-case-study/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-1579 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1579 US Government Resource