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CVE-2024-0012

9.8, critical Known exploited Used in ransomware

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
100% higher than 99.9% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
18 Nov 2024a year ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 18 Nov 2024 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 9 Dec 2024, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. 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.

Description

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.

Details

Vendor
Palo Alto Networks
Product
Cloud NGFW
Weakness
CWE-306 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
4 Aug 2026
Assigner
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

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

References 4

Exploit code 1

Advisories 2

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Palo Alto Networks CVEs

Every Palo Alto Networks CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-0322 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Code Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 1% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-0257 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEV EPSS 97% 9.1, critical
  • CVE-2026-0300 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability KEV EPSS 32% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2025-0108 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEV EPSS 98% 9.1, critical
  • CVE-2025-0111 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability KEV EPSS 2% 6.5, medium
  • CVE-2024-3393 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Malicious DNS Packet Vulnerability KEV EPSS 29% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2024-9474 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface OS Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 95% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2024-9463 Palo Alto Networks Expedition OS Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 99% 7.5, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 18 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.