CVE-2019-17437: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 7.1.0, before 7.1.25 (fixed in 7.1.25); from 8.0.0, before 8.0.20 (fixed in 8.0.20); from 8.1.0, before 8.1.11 (fixed in 8.1.11); from 9.0.0, before 9.0.5 (fixed in 9.0.5)

Published 2019-12-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.