PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in SAML Authentication
- Sévérité
- Critique10CVSS 3.1, Critique
- EPSS
- 4 %
- Publiée
- 29 juin 2020
- Mise à jour
- 17 juin 2026
Description
Le titre, la description et les consignes de l’éditeur sont cités depuis les enregistrements sources (en anglais).
When Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication is enabled and the 'Validate Identity Provider Certificate' option is disabled (unchecked), improper verification of signatures in PAN-OS SAML authentication enables an unauthenticated network-based attacker to access protected resources. The attacker must have network access to the vulnerable server to exploit this vulnerability. This issue affects PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15, and all versions of PAN-OS 8.0 (EOL). This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1. This issue cannot be exploited if SAML is not used for authentication. This issue cannot be exploited if the 'Validate Identity Provider Certificate' option is enabled (checked) in the SAML Identity Provider Server Profile. Resources that can be protected by SAML-based single sign-on (SSO) authentication are: GlobalProtect Gateway, GlobalProtect Portal, GlobalProtect Clientless VPN, Authentication and Captive Portal, PAN-OS next-generation firewalls (PA-Series, VM-Series) and Panorama web interfaces, Prisma Access In the case of GlobalProtect Gateways, GlobalProtect Portal, Clientless VPN, Captive Portal, and Prisma Access, an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the affected servers can gain access to protected resources if allowed by configured authentication and Security policies. There is no impact on the integrity and availability of the gateway, portal or VPN server. An attacker cannot inspect or tamper with sessions of regular users. In the worst case, this is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS Base Score of 10.0 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N). In the case of PAN-OS and Panorama web interfaces, this issue allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the PAN-OS or Panorama web interfaces to log in as an administrator and perform administrative actions. In the worst-case scenario, this is …
Faiblesse : CWE-347
Exploitée activement
Ajoutée au catalogue CISA KEV le 25 mars 2022
Date limite de remédiation fédérale : 15 avr. 2022
Utilisation connue par des rançongiciels
Action requise : Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Prédiction d’exploitation
Probabilité d’exploitation de 4 % dans les 30 prochains jours (percentile 91 %).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ce qu’indique la source, par branche
Versions comparées par Patcharo
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OSSource : Palo Alto Networks (CVE record)
| Branche | Affectées | Corrigé en |
|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | >= 9.1.0, < 9.1.3 | 9.1.3 |
| 9.0 | >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.9 | 9.0.9 |
| 8.1 | >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.15 | 8.1.15 |
| 8.0 | >= 8.0.0 | Aucun correctif publié |
| 7.1 | Non affecté |
Les versions non listées ne sont pas évaluées (affichées Inconnu).
Contournement / Remédiation de l’éditeur
Contournement · PAN-OS
Using a different authentication method and disabling SAML authentication will completely mitigate the issue. Until an upgrade can be performed, applying both these mitigations (a) and (b) eliminates the configuration required for exposure to this vulnerability: (a) Ensure that the 'Identity Provider Certificate' is configured. Configuring the 'Identity Provider Certificate' is an essential part of a secure SAML authentication configuration. (b) If the identity provider (IdP) certificate is a certificate authority (CA) signed certificate, then ensure that the 'Validate Identity Provider Certificate' option is enabled in the SAML Identity Provider Server Profile. Many popular IdPs generate self-signed IdP certificates by default and the 'Validate Identity Provider Certificate' option cannot be enabled. Additional steps may be required to use a certificate signed by a CA. This certificate…
Remédiation de l’éditeur · PAN-OS
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.15, PAN-OS 9.0.9, PAN-OS 9.1.3, and all later versions. Important: Ensure that the signing certificate for your SAML Identity Provider is configured as the 'Identity Provider Certificate' before you upgrade to a fixed version to ensure that your users can continue to authenticate successfully. Configuring the 'Identity Provider Certificate' is an essential part of a secure SAML authentication configuration. https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/authentication/configure-saml-authentication Details of all actions required before and after upgrading PAN-OS are available in https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA14u0000008UXK. To eliminate unauthorized sessions on GlobalProtect portals and gateways, Prisma Access managed through Panorama, change the certificate used to encrypt and decrypt the Authentication Over…
Références
Provenance
Chaque information de cette page provient des sources ci-dessous. Rien n’est rédigé par une IA.
- Palo Alto Networks (CVE record)
- Palo Alto Networks (CVE record) · 27 sept. 2026, 23:46 UTC · Analyseur patcharo-cve5/1.1.0
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · 27 sept. 2026, 23:42 UTC · Analyseur patcharo-kev/1.0.0
- NVD
- NVD · 27 sept. 2026, 23:44 UTC · Analyseur patcharo-nvd/1.0.0
- FIRST EPSS
- FIRST EPSS · 27 sept. 2026, 23:46 UTC · Analyseur patcharo-epss/1.0.0
Dernière vérification : 28 sept. 2026, 02:31 UTC