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9.3 Critical Exploited · ransomware

CVE-2024-0012 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Active exploitation observed

· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Additionally, management interface for affected devices should not be exposed to untrusted networks, including the internet.
Ransomware campaigns Known to be used
Weakness CWE-306

Description

An authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to gain PAN-OS administrator privileges to perform administrative actions, tamper with the configuration, or exploit other authenticated privilege escalation vulnerabilities like CVE-2024-9474 https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474 . The risk of this issue is greatly reduced if you secure access to the management web interface by restricting access to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended  best practice deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 . This issue is applicable only to PAN-OS 10.2, PAN-OS 11.0, PAN-OS 11.1, and PAN-OS 11.2 software. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Cloud NGFW Versions not published
PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.0 → < 11.2.4-h1 11.2.4-h1
PAN-OS 11.1 11.1.0 → < 11.1.5-h1 11.1.5-h1
PAN-OS 11.0 11.0.0 → < 11.0.6-h1 11.0.6-h1
PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.0 → < 10.2.12-h2 10.2.12-h2
PAN-OS 10.1 earliest → < 10.1.0 10.1.0
Prisma Access Versions not published

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Added to the KEV catalogue
  3. Last modified

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