CVE-2020-2012 PAN-OS: Panorama XML External Entity Reference (XXE) Vulnerability Leads to Information Leak Severity: High (7.5) Published: 2020-05-14 Updated: 2020-05-14 Description: An improper restriction of XML external entity reference (XXE) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Panorama management service allows remote unauthenticated attackers with network access to the Panorama management interface to read arbitrary files on the system. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS for Panorama 7.1 and 8.0. PAN-OS for Panorama 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13. PAN-OS for Panorama 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7. Product Status: Weakness Type: CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE) Solution: This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, PAN-OS 9.0.7, PAN-OS 9.1.0, and all later PAN-OS versions. Workarounds and Mitigations: This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and is strongly mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Acknowledgments: This issue was found by Ben Nott of Palo Alto Networks during internal security review.