{"id":"CVE-2020-2041","aliases":["EUVD-2020-22067","GHSA-6895-cxrm-x3p4"],"status":"published","title":"PAN-OS: Management web interface denial-of-service (DoS)","description":"An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote unauthenticated user to send a specifically crafted request to the device that causes the appweb 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 all versions of PAN-OS 8.0, and PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.16.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.02135,"percentile":0.82131,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-16"],"published":"2020-09-09T16:45:28Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:11:42Z","products":[{"vendor":"palo alto networks","product":"pan-os"},{"vendor":"paloaltonetworks","product":"pan-os"}],"references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2041","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2041"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6895-cxrm-x3p4"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-2041","title":"PAN-OS: Management web interface denial-of-service (DoS)","description":"An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote unauthenticated user to send a specifically crafted request to the device that causes the appweb 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 all versions of PAN-OS 8.0, and PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.16.","status":"published","published":"2020-09-09T16:45:28.345Z","modified":"2024-09-16T19:47:23.091Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-16"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:51.563355Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-22067","description":"An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote unauthenticated user to send a specifically crafted request to the device that causes the appweb 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 all versions of PAN-OS 8.0, and PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.16.","status":"published","published":"2020-09-09T16:45:28Z","modified":"2024-09-16T19:47:23Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:19.533306Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-6895-cxrm-x3p4","title":"An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote...","description":"An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote unauthenticated user to send a specifically crafted request to the device that causes the appweb 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 all versions of PAN-OS 8.0, and PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.16.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:27:40Z","modified":"2023-01-29T05:04:24Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:45:32.675365Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-2041","description":"An insecure configuration of the appweb daemon of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 allows a remote unauthenticated user to send a specifically crafted request to the device that causes the appweb 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 all versions of PAN-OS 8.0, and PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.16.","status":"published","published":"2020-09-09T17:15:25.997Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:11:42.19Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-16"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:14.981587Z"}]}}