CVE-2021-3061 PAN-OS: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Medium 6.4 Published 10 Nov 2021 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary OS commands via the CLI to escalate privileges on PAN-OS firewalls.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-3061?

CVE-2021-3061 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 10 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An OS command injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS command line interface (CLI) enables an authenticated administrator with access to the CLI to execute arbitrary OS commands to escalate privileges. 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 that have Prisma Access 2.1 firewalls are impacted by this issue.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-3061?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, Paloaltonetworks Prisma Access.

How do I fix CVE-2021-3061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-3061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2021-3061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xj9p-2g8h-8rmg.