CVE-2024-9474: PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management Interface
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface OS Command Injection Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Known.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Additionally, the management interfaces for affected devices should not be exposed to untrusted networks, including the internet.
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-78
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
paloaltonetworks: pan-osPalo Alto Networks: Cloud NGFWPalo Alto Networks: PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks: Prisma Access
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)