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CVE-2020-1997

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1997 is an open redirection vulnerability in the GlobalProtect component of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, affecting versions 7.1 prior to 7.1.26 and 8.0 prior to 8.0.14. An attacker can craft a malicious link that, upon successful user authentication, redirects them to an arbitrary and potentially harmful external website, rather than the intended GlobalProtect gateway. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.1, < 7.1.26CPE match
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0, < 8.0.14CPE match
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

paloaltovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com / CVE-2020-1997
Vendor Advisory