CVE-2024-8686

PAN-OS: Command Injection Vulnerability

HIGH

7.2

CVSS Score

Published: September 11, 2024 at 04:34 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:23 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPAN-OS

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Severity

HIGH7.2

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions and run arbitrary commands as root on the firewall.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks

95%

11.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.2.211.2.2

Vendor states this is fixed in 10.1.0 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 10.2.0 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 11.0.0 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 11.1.0 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 11.2.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8686

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8686

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: HIGH
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-78

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