CVE-2019-17440

CRITICALNVD 10.010.0
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This critical-severity CVE scores 10.0 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.7% (77th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, NVD CVSS v3

Also known asEUVD-2019-7831 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

10.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1.7%CVSS: 10.0Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Fixed versions, as the CVE record's CNA (Palo Alto Networks, Inc.) states them: "This issue is fixed in 9.0.5-h3 and all subsequent releases."

Improper restriction of communications to Log Forwarding Card (LFC) on PA-7000 Series devices with second-generation Switch Management Card (SMC) may allow an attacker with network access to the LFC to gain root access to PAN-OS. This issue affects PAN-OS 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5-h3 on PA-7080 and PA-7050 devices with an LFC installed and configured. This issue does not affect PA-7000 Series deployments using the first-generation SMC and the Log Processing Card (LPC). This issue does not affect any other PA series devices. This issue does not affect devices without an LFC. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 8.1 or prior releases. This issue only affected a very limited number of customers and we undertook individual outreach to help them upgrade. At the time of publication, all identified customers have upgraded SW or content and are not impacted.

CVSS v3
10.0
EG Score
10.0CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
46
EG Risk 46/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity100% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 10.0 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation1.7% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
1.7%
EPSS %ILE
77th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (10.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 10.0 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
10.0 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
1.7% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

December 20, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Nov 9, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

CVE-2019-17440 PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series: Improper restriction of communication to Log Forwarding Card (LFC) allows root access

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2019-17440

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-17440(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 61× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 255 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 155 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-12 23:15 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-12 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  3. 2026-11-12 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 77th percentile
  4. 2026-11-12 00:26 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-12 00:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  6. 2026-11-11 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 77th percentile
  7. 2026-11-11 01:36 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  8. 2026-11-11 01:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  9. 2026-11-10 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 77th percentile
  10. 2026-11-10 02:47 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-10 02:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  12. 2026-11-09 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 77th percentile
  13. 2026-11-09 03:58 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  14. 2026-11-09 03:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  15. 2026-11-08 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 77th percentile
  16. 2026-11-08 05:09 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  17. 2026-11-08 05:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  18. 2026-11-07 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 77th percentile
  19. 2026-11-07 06:19 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  20. 2026-11-07 06:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  21. 2026-11-06 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 77th percentile
  22. 2026-11-06 07:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-11-06 07:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  24. 2026-11-05 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 77th percentile
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  1. 2026-11-05 08:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  2. 2026-11-04 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
  3. 2026-11-04 09:51 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  4. 2026-11-04 09:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  5. 2026-11-03 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
  6. 2026-11-03 11:02 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  7. 2026-11-03 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  8. 2026-11-02 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
  9. 2026-11-02 12:12 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  10. 2026-11-02 12:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  11. 2026-11-01 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
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  13. 2026-11-01 13:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  14. 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
  15. 2026-10-31 14:33 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-10-31 14:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  17. 2026-10-30 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
  18. 2026-10-30 15:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
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  20. 2026-10-29 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  21. 2026-10-29 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
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  23. 2026-10-28 18:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  24. 2026-10-28 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
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  26. 2026-10-27 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  27. 2026-10-27 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
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  29. 2026-10-26 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  30. 2026-10-26 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
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  35. 2026-10-24 20:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  36. 2026-10-24 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
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  38. 2026-10-23 21:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  39. 2026-10-23 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
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  41. 2026-10-22 23:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  42. 2026-10-22 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
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  44. 2026-10-22 00:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
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  53. 2026-10-19 01:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
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  59. 2026-10-17 04:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
  60. 2026-10-16 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.7% · 76th percentile
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  62. 2026-10-16 05:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4w28-4cpv-vvf3 · GitHub severity HIGH
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-17440?
CVE-2019-17440 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on December 20, 2019. Improper restriction of communications to Log Forwarding Card (LFC) on PA-7000 Series devices with second-generation Switch Management Card (SMC) may allow an attacker with network access to the LFC to gain root access to PAN-OS. This issue affects PAN-OS 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5-h3 on PA-7080…
When was CVE-2019-17440 made public?
CVE-2019-17440 was made public on December 19, 2019: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Palo Alto Networks, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on December 20, 2019. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2019-17440 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-17440 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (77th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-17440?
CVE-2019-17440 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-17440?
A fix for CVE-2019-17440 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. Fixed versions, as the CVE record's CNA (Palo Alto Networks, Inc.) states them: "This issue is fixed in 9.0.5-h3 and all subsequent releases." The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2019-17440 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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