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

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

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 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, 10.1.0 – < 10.1.14-h6 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 5 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.

Advisories 4

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