PAN-OS: OS Command Injection in Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP)
Vulnerability Description
An OS command injection vulnerability in the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) feature of PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker with specific knowledge of the firewall configuration to execute arbitrary code with root user privileges. The attacker must have network access to the GlobalProtect interfaces to exploit this issue. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20-h1; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14-h3; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11-h2; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.8; PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.3. Prisma Access customers with Prisma Access 2.1 Preferred and Prisma Access 2.1 Innovation firewalls are impacted by this issue.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Palo Alto Networks thanks CJ, an external security researcher, for discovering and reporting this issue.
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3060
- https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/certificate-management/configure-the-master-key.html
- https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma/prisma-access/innovation/2-1/prisma-access-panorama-admin/prepare-the-prisma-access-infrastructure/get-started-with-prisma-access-overview.html
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