CVE-2020-1975: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Missing XML validation vulnerability in the PAN-OS web interface on Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows authenticated users to inject arbitrary XML that results in privilege escalation. This issue affects PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.12 and PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.6. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1, PAN-OS 8.0, or PAN-OS 9.1 or later versions.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 8.1.0, before 8.1.12 (fixed in 8.1.12); from 9.0.0, before 9.0.6 (fixed in 9.0.6)

Published 2020-02-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.