CVE-2024-9474

high-risk
Published 2024-11-18

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.

Do I need to act?

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94.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 6% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.2/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Affected Vendors

Paloaltonetworks

References (5)

Vendor Advisory https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474
Press/Media Coverage https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-0012-cve-2024-9474/
Exploit https://github.com/k4nfr3/CVE-2024-9474
Exploit https://labs.watchtowr.com/pots-and-pans-aka-an-sslvpn-palo-alto-pan-os-cve-2024...
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-...
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high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate