CVE-2022-0028: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Reflected Amplification Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
A Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS URL filtering policy misconfiguration could allow a network-based attacker to conduct reflected and amplified TCP denial-of-service (RDoS) attacks.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The misconfiguration in URL filtering policy could allow for reflected and amplified TCP denial-of-service attacks.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the potential for denial-of-service attacks and the critical severity.
- Action
- Review and correct the URL filtering policy configuration.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0028
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2022-0028Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 82% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-0028 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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