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Case File

CVE-2020-2018

CRITICAL · CVSS 9 EPSS 1.32% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-05-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit

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CVE
CVE-2020-2018
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9
EPSS
1.32%
PAN-OS

Original Filing — NVD Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged access to managed firewalls. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.