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CVE-2021-3055

CVE-2021-3055 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

An improper restriction of XML external entity (XXE) reference vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator to read any arbitrary file from the file system and send a specifically crafted request to the firewall that causes the service to crash. Repeated attempts to send this request result in denial of service to all PAN-OS services by restarting the device and putting it into maintenance mode. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.10; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.6. This issue does not affect Prisma Access.

EPSS 0.28% · 51.8th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.28%
51.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
paloaltonetworkspan-os8.1.0, 9.0.0, 9.1.0
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS10.1.*, 9.0, 9.1

Timeline

  • Sep 8, 2021 CVE Published
  • Sep 9, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Nov 6, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jan 2, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Apr 28, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jun 24, 2022 EPSS Score
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  • Dec 16, 2022 EPSS Score
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