CVE-2024-0012criticalunder attackransomwareCWE-306

CVE-2024-0012: critical vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in the Management Web Interface (PAN-SA-2024-0015)

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ssvc Actcvss 9.3epss 100%
from disclosure to weapon1 day
Published on NVDNov 18
1st PoC+1d
metasploitNov 18
CISA KEVNov 18
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2024-12-09

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.

In short

An attacker without credentials can bypass login on Palo Alto Networks firewalls and gain full administrator access to the management interface. This allows them to change firewall settings, steal data, or launch further attacks.

Technical detail

Authentication bypass vulnerability in PAN-OS management web interface (CWE-306) allows unauthenticated network-adjacent attackers to obtain administrator privileges without credentials, enabling configuration tampering and potential chaining with CVE-2024-9474 for privilege escalation. Affects PAN-OS 10.2, 11.0, 11.1, and 11.2; impact is reduced if management interface access is restricted to trusted IPs.

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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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red
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