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CVE-2021-3062

PAN-OS: Improper Access Control Vulnerability Exposing AWS Instance Metadata Endpoint to GlobalProtect Users

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 9.1.11, 8.1.20, 9.0.14, 10.0.8
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

An improper access control vulnerability in PAN-OS software enables an attacker with authenticated access to GlobalProtect portals and gateways to connect to the EC2 instance metadata endpoint for VM-Series firewalls hosted on Amazon AWS. Exploitation of this vulnerability enables an attacker to perform any operations allowed by the EC2 role in AWS. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20 VM-Series firewalls; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11 VM-Series firewalls; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14 VM-Series firewalls; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.8 VM-Series firewalls. Prisma Access customers are not impacted by this issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

    From 9.1 · fixed in 9.1.11; From 8.1 · fixed in 8.1.20; From 9.0 · fixed in 9.0.14; From 10.0 · fixed in 10.0.8

  • Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

    Version range not reported

References 1

security.paloaltonetworks.com