CVE-2024-9474: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface OS Command Injection Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation through the web-based management interface for several PAN products, including firewalls and VPN concentrators.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Additionally, the management interfaces for affected devices should not be exposed to untrusted networks, including the internet.

Notes

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9474

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-77. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9474
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog