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

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

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/10/2021
Created
11/12/2021
Added
11/11/2021
Modified
11/26/2021

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-10-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-8-1
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-9-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-9-1

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