CVE-2022-0028
PAN-OS: Reflected Amplification Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability in URL Filtering
In short
A misconfigured URL filtering policy in Palo Alto Networks firewalls can be exploited to launch reflected denial-of-service attacks that appear to originate from the firewall itself, potentially masking the attacker's true identity.
Technical detail
The vulnerability allows an external attacker to exploit a misconfigured URL filtering profile (with blocked categories on external-facing interfaces) to conduct reflected and amplified TCP DoS attacks through PA-Series, VM-Series, or CN-Series firewalls. Attack traffic originates from the firewall toward a victim target, requiring specific firewall configuration to be present; the firewall itself is not compromised but weaponized as a reflection point in an RDoS attack.
Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
A PAN-OS URL filtering policy misconfiguration could allow a network-based attacker to conduct reflected and amplified TCP denial-of-service (RDoS) attacks. The DoS attack would appear to originate from a Palo Alto Networks PA-Series (hardware), VM-Series (virtual) and CN-Series (container) firewall against an attacker-specified target. To be misused by an external attacker, the firewall configuration must have a URL filtering profile with one or more blocked categories assigned to a source zone that has an external facing interface. This configuration is not typical for URL filtering and, if set, is likely unintended by the administrator. If exploited, this issue would not impact the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our products. However, the resulting denial-of-service (DoS) attack may help obfuscate the identity of the attacker and implicate the firewall as the source of the attack. We have taken prompt action to address this issue in our PAN-OS software. All software updates for this issue are expected to be released no later than the week of August 15, 2022. This issue does not impact Panorama M-Series or Panorama virtual appliances. This issue has been resolved for all Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access customers and no additional action is required from them.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H