CVE-2024-9471

low-risk
Published 2024-10-09

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the XML API of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated PAN-OS administrator with restricted privileges to use a compromised XML API key to perform actions as a higher privileged PAN-OS administrator. For example, an administrator with "Virtual system administrator (read-only)" access could use an XML API key of a "Virtual system administrator" to perform write operations on the virtual system configuration even though they should be limited to read-only operations.

Do I need to act?

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0.28% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.7/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Paloaltonetworks

References (1)

Vendor Advisory https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9471
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low-risk
Severity 19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal