CVE-2024-9474

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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.

From the Tenable Blog

CVE-2024-0012, CVE-2024-9474: Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Palo Alto PAN-OS Exploited In The Wild

Published: 2024-11-18

Palo Alto Networks confirmed two zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited as part of attacks in the wild against PAN-OS devices, with one being attributed to Operation Lunar Peek.

References

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

https://www.greynoise.io/blog/unmasking-cisas-hidden-kev-ransomware-updates

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/palo-alto-networks-warns-of-dos-bug-letting-hackers-disable-firewalls/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/hackers-exploit-apache-http-server-flaw.html

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/ivanti-epmm-exploitation-previous-zero-day-attacks

https://www.securityweek.com/second-recently-patched-flaw-exploited-to-hack-palo-alto-firewalls/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-flags-craft-cms-code-injection-flaw-as-exploited-in-attacks/

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/palo_alto_firewall_attack/

https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/patch-now-cisa-researchers-warn-palo-alto-flaw-exploited-wild

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/palo-alto-networks-tags-new-firewall-bug-as-exploited-in-attacks/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/cisa-adds-palo-alto-networks-and.html

https://cyberscoop.com/edge-device-vulnerabilities-fuel-attack-sprees/

https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-networks-confirms-exploitation-of-firewall-vulnerability/

https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-exploit-palo-alto-firewall-vulnerability-day-after-disclosure/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-authentication-bypass-in-palo-alto-networks-pan-os/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/13/pan-os-authentication-bypass-palo-alto-networks-poc-cve-2025-0108/

https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-zyxel-firewall-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks/

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/palo_alto_firewalls_under_exploit/

https://www.securityweek.com/2000-palo-alto-firewalls-compromised-via-new-vulnerabilities/

https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-patches-firewall-zero-day-exploited-in-operation-lunar-peek/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-tags-progress-kemp-loadmaster-flaw-as-exploited-in-attacks/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/18/cisa-adds-three-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

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

https://eclypsium.com/blog/pandoras-box-vulns-in-security-appliances/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-338-02

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/palo-alto-networks-patches-two-firewall-zero-days-used-in-attacks/

https://github.com/chengbochuan3/CVE-Network-Device

https://github.com/razureink/cve-2024-0012_9474-panos_authbypass_reproduction

https://github.com/rdintel/rdintel-mcp

https://github.com/ChovTheHacker/EREBUS

https://github.com/Regent8SH/PanOsExploitMultitool

https://github.com/dcollaoa/cve-2024-0012-gui-poc

https://github.com/TalatumLabs/CVE-2024-0012_CVE-2024-9474_PoC

https://github.com/XiaomingX/cve-2024-0012-poc

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

https://github.com/hazesecurity/CVE-2024-0012

https://github.com/greaselovely/CVE-2024-0012

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

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

https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/palo-alto-panos-cve-2024-0012

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-11-18

Updated: 2026-08-04

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: 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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.94701

Vulnerability Watch

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