CVE-2024-0012
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-0012 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-11-18) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2024-0012 is indexed in Metasploit, GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2024-0012 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (2)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-0012: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-11-18
- unknown[Update] Multiple vulnerabilities on the administration interface of Palo Alto Networks devices (November 15, …cert-fr-alerte · 2024-11-15
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