PAN-OS: Custom-role users may escalate privileges

published 2019-12-05 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-7828

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

An improper authentication check in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS may allow an authenticated low privileged non-superuser custom role user to elevate privileges and become superuser. This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.25; 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.20; 8.1 versions prior to 8.1.11; 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5. PAN-OS version 7.0 and prior EOL versions have not been evaluated for this issue.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 7.1.25, 8.0.20, 8.1.11, 9.0.5

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
CWE-287 Improper Authentication

Technology feeds

Palo Alto PAN-OS rss critical rss

References

securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com /Home/Detail/159
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-17437
NVD CVE-2019-17437

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Summary