[Update] Multiple vulnerabilities on the administration interface of Palo Alto Networks devices (November 15, 2024)
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.
On November 8, 2024, Palo Alto Networks released a security advisory regarding a critical vulnerability in certain Palo Alto Networks firewalls. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the administration interface of the devices. The vendor...
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A critical vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote code execution.
- Who is affected
- Users of certain Palo Alto Networks firewalls.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to confirmed exploitation.
- Action
- Apply the security advisory released on November 8, 2024.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/alerte/CERTFR-2024-ALE-015/
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-2024-0012Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99.9% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2024-9474Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99.9% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-0012 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2024-9474 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-9474: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface OS Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-0012: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev
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