CVE-2024-0012
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.
do firstUpgrade to a fixed release: 10.1.0.
Can a WAF block it? Partly. Cloudflare publishes WAF a rule written for this CVE. Such rules block the known exploit requests and buy time, but attackers can change the request to get past them, so they do not replace the patch.
Cloudflare · 1 rule (Block) · since 6 Jan 2025
- Palo Alto Networks - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-0012, CVE:CVE-2024-9474 · Cloudflare Specials
Also consider: patch · enable the vendor rule in block mode
Based on WAF vendor rules published for this CVE. We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Is CVE-2024-0012 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2024-0012 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2024-0012?
CVE-2024-0012 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2024-0012?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2024-0012. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2024-0012 affect?
CVE-2024-0012 affects paloaltonetworks:pan-os. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
- affected>= 11.2.0 and < 11.2.4-h1
- affected>= 11.1.0 and < 11.1.5-h1
- affected>= 11.0.0 and < 11.0.6-h1
- affected>= 10.2.0 and < 10.2.12-h2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
public exploits
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module · 10 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template
- exploit/linux/http/panos_management_unauth_rce · exploit · excellent
- PAN-OS Management Web Interface - Authentication Bypass · detection template · critical
- watchtowrlabs/palo-alto-panos-cve-2024-0012 · 24 ★
- Sachinart/CVE-2024-0012-POC · 20 ★
- TalatumLabs/CVE-2024-0012_CVE-2024-9474_PoC · 8 ★
- Regent8SH/PanOsExploitMultitool · 6 ★
Listed so you can judge urgency, not as a recommendation to run anything. GitHub “proofs of concept” are unvetted: some are fake or carry malware. Exploit-DB marks the entries its staff verified.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- active
- automatable
- yes
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 18 Nov 2024 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 18 Nov 2024Added to CISA KEV (exploited in the wild)
- 18 Nov 2024CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active · same day later
- 18 Nov 2024Published · 1 day later
- 19 Nov 2024First public exploit or proof of concept · same day later
- 9 Dec 2024CISA remediation due date (US federal agencies) · 20 days later
- 4 Aug 2026CVE record last updated · 603 days (about 2 years) later
- 2 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 91 days (about 3 months) later
- Advisorysecurity.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2024-0012
- Linklabs.watchtowr.com /pots-and-pans-aka-an-sslvpn-palo-alto-pan-os-cve-2024-0012-and-cve-2024-9474/
- Linkcisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-0012
- Linkunit42.paloaltonetworks.com /cve-2024-0012-cve-2024-9474/
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, due date
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Metasploit Framework: exploit and scanner modules
- Nuclei templates: detection templates
- PoC-in-GitHub: GitHub repositories that claim a proof of concept
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.