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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 0.0.x < 10.1.11 / 10.2.x < 10.2.8 / 11.0.x < 11.0.3 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 344629

Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 0.0.x prior to 10.1.11, 10.2.x prior to 10.2.8, or 11.0.x prior to 11.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

 A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the XML API of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated PAN-OS administrator with restricted privileges to use a compromised XML API key to perform actions as a higher privileged PAN-OS administrator beyond what the XML API permits.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the PAN-OS security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PAN-OS 10.1.11 / 10.2.8 / 11.0.3 or later

See Also

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9471

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 344629

File Name: palo_alto_CVE-2024-9471.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Published: 9/10/2026

Updated: 9/10/2026

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.57

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os

Required KB Items: Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Full_Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Source, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9471

CWE: 269