Vulnerabilities

CVSS

7.2 High

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Risk score

100.0

Known exploited

CISA KEV

Published

2024-11-18

Status

Analyzed

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Weaknesses

CWE-78

Coverage 1

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Advisories and references

• security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474
• unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-0012-cve-2024-9474/
• github.com/k4nfr3/CVE-2024-9474
• labs.watchtowr.com/pots-and-pans-aka-an-sslvpn-palo-alto-pan-os-cve-...
• cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-...