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PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in the Management Web Interface (PAN-SA-2024-0015)

Published Nov 18, 2024 · Updated Aug 4, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

Vendor: Palo Alto Networks Product: Cloud NGFW Product: PAN-OS Product: Prisma Access Category: Network devices

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW — All
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 11.2.0 – < 11.2.4-h1, 11.1.0 – < 11.1.5-h1, 11.0.0 – < 11.0.6-h1, 10.2.0 – < 10.2.12-h2 11.2.4-h1
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access — All

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

GitHub 10 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

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