CVE-2024-0012

CVE-2024-0012 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 18, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by December 9, 2024. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Palo Alto Networks has 16 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 6 of them linked to ransomware.

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.

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

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-0012
• https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-0012-cve-2024-9474/
• https://labs.watchtowr.com/pots-and-pans-aka-an-sslvpn-palo-alto-pan-os-cve-2024-0012-and-cve-2024-9474/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-0012