CVE-2024-9474

PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management Interface

HIGH

7.2

CVSS Score

Published: November 18, 2024 at 03:48 PM UTC

Updated: August 4, 2026 at 05:35 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPAN-OS

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Severity

HIGH7.2

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 94%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score93.8%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 93.8% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation through the web-based management interface for several PAN products, including firewalls and VPN concentrators.

Required Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Additionally, the management interfaces for affected devices should not be exposed to untrusted networks, including the internet.

Ransomware Use

Known

Added to KEV

Nov 18, 2024

Remediation Due

Dec 9, 2024

686 days overdue

Notes

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9474

Description

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.

Affected

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

PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks

95%

10.1.0 ≤ v < 10.1.1410.1.0 ≤ v < 10.1.14-h610.2.0 ≤ v < 10.2.1210.2.0 ≤ v < 10.2.12-h211.0.0 ≤ v < 11.0.611.0.0 ≤ v < 11.0.6-h111.1.0 ≤ v < 11.1.511.1.0 ≤ v < 11.1.5-h111.2.0 ≤ v < 11.2.411.2.0 ≤ v < 11.2.4-h110.1.0 10.1.14 10.1.14 h2 10.1.14 h4 10.2.0 10.2.12 10.2.12 h1 11.0.0 11.0.6 11.1.0 11.1.5 11.2.0 11.2.4

Affected range stops below 10.1.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 10.1.14-h6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 10.2.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 10.2.12-h2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.0.6-h1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.1.5-h1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.2.4-h1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474

Press/Media CoverageVendor Advisory

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-0012-cve-2024-9474/

Exploit

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

https://github.com/k4nfr3/CVE-2024-9474

ExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

https://labs.watchtowr.com/pots-and-pans-aka-an-sslvpn-palo-alto-pan-os-cve-2024-0012-and-cve-2024-9474/

US Government Resource

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-9474

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot 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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