Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories /CVE-2024-9474CVE-2024-9474 PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management InterfaceExploit MaturityATTACKEDResponse EffortHIGHRecoveryUSERValue DensityCONCENTRATEDAttack VectorNETWORKAttack ComplexityLOWAttack RequirementsNONEAutomatableNOUser InteractionNONEProduct ConfidentialityNONEProduct IntegrityHIGHProduct AvailabilityNONEPrivileges RequiredHIGHSubsequent ConfidentialityNONESubsequent IntegrityNONESubsequent AvailabilityNONENVDJSON Published2024-11-18 Updated2024-11-18DiscoveredexternallyDescriptionA 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.Product StatusVersionsAffectedUnaffectedCloud NGFWNoneAllPAN-OS 11.2< 11.2.4-h1>= 11.2.4-h1PAN-OS 11.1< 11.1.5-h1>= 11.1.5-h1PAN-OS 11.0< 11.0.6-h1>= 11.0.6-h1PAN-OS 10.2< 10.2.12-h2>= 10.2.12-h2PAN-OS 10.1< 10.1.14-h6>= 10.1.14-h6Prisma AccessNoneAllSee the Solution section for additional fixes to commonly deployed maintenance releases.Required Configuration for ExposureThe risk is greatest if you configure the management interface to enable access from the internet or any untrusted network either:DirectlyorThrough a dataplane interface that includes a management interface profile.The risk is greatly reduced if you make sure that only trusted internal IP addresses are allowed to access the management interface.Use the following steps to identify your recently detected devices in our Internet scans:To find your known assets that require remediation action, visit the Assets section of Customer Support Portal at https://support.paloaltonetworks.com (Products → Assets → All Assets → Remediation Required).The list of your known devices with an internet-facing management interface discovered in our scans are tagged with PAN-SA-2024-0015 with a last seen timestamp in UTC. If no such devices are listed, it indicates our scan did not find any devices with internet-facing management interface for your account in the last three days.Severity:MEDIUM, Suggested Urgency:HIGHESTThe risk is highest when you allow access to the management interface from external IP addresses on the internet. The worst impact is that a malicious administrator is able to tamper with the system integrity.CVSS-BT:6.9 /CVSS-B:6.9 (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red)If you configure a specific list of IP addresses that only allow access to the management interface, you greatly reduce the risk of exploitation because attacks would require privileged access using only those IP addresses.CVSS-BT:5.9 /CVSS-B:5.9 (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red)Exploitation StatusPalo Alto Networks observed threat activity that exploits this vulnerability against a limited number of management web interfaces that are exposed to internet traffic coming from outside the network.Weakness Type and ImpactCWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')CAPEC-88 OS Command InjectionSolutionThis issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.1.14-h6, PAN-OS 10.2.12-h2, PAN-OS 11.0.6-h1, PAN-OS 11.1.5-h1, PAN-OS 11.2.4-h1, and all later PAN-OS versions.In addition, in an attempt to provide the most seamless upgrade path for our customers, we are making fixes available for other TAC-preferred and commonly deployed maintenance releases.Additional PAN-OS 11.2 fixes:11.2.0-h111.2.1-h111.2.2-h211.2.3-h311.2.4-h1Additional PAN-OS 11.1 fixes:11.1.0-h411.1.1-h211.1.2-h1511.1.3-h1111.1.4-h711.1.5-h1Additional PAN-OS 11.0 fixes:11.0.0-h411.0.1-h511.0.2-h511.0.3-h1311.0.4-h611.0.5-h211.0.6-h1Additional PAN-OS 10.2 fixes:10.2.0-h410.2.1-h310.2.2-h610.2.3-h1410.2.4-h3210.2.5-h910.2.6-h610.2.7-h1810.2.8-h1510.2.9-h1610.2.10-h910.2.11-h610.2.12-h2Additional PAN-OS 10.1 fixes:10.1.9-h1410.1.10-h910.1.11-h1010.1.12-h310.1.13-h510.1.14-h6Workarounds and MitigationsRecommended mitigation—The vast majority of firewalls already follow Palo Alto Networks and industry best practices. However, if you haven’t already, we strongly recommend that you secure access to your management interface according to our best practice deployment guidelines. Specifically, you should restrict access to the management interface to only trusted internal IP addresses to prevent external access from the internet.Review information about how to secure management access to your Palo Alto Networks firewalls:AcknowledgmentsPalo Alto Networks thanks our Deep Product Security Research Team for discovering this issue internally from threat activity.Timeline2024-11-18Initial publication
