CVE-2019-17437 PAN-OS: Custom-role users may escalate privileges
Authenticated low-privileged users can escalate to superuser due to improper authentication checks in PAN-OS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-17437?
CVE-2019-17437 is a high-severity vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 5 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17437?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17437?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17437 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-17437 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17437 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
- CVE-2024-3400 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Command Injection
- CVE-2020-2021 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2017-15944 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-0300 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2024-0012 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass
Sources
Also known as GHSA-73g7-p5mh-vr2v.