Auth Bypass PAN-OS 10.211.2 via Web UI: Gain Admin Privileges
CVE-2024-0012 Published on November 18, 2024
PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in the Management Web Interface (PAN-SA-2024-0015)
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web-based management interface for several PAN-OS products, including firewalls and VPN concentrators.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by December 9, 2024: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Additionally, management interface for affected devices should not be exposed to untrusted networks, including the internet.
Timeline
CVE-2024-0012 assigned to this publication as the vulnerability is identified and fixed
Answered a FAQ about indicators of compromise
Raised the severity of PAN-SA-2024-0015 bulletin as we have observed threat activity
Added instructions to find your devices with an internet-facing management interface discovered in our scans
Initially published as PAN-SA-2024-0015
Weakness Type
Missing Authentication for Critical Function
The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-0012
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Affected Versions
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW:- Version All is unaffected.
- Version 11.2.0 and below 11.2.4-h1 is affected.
- Version 11.1.0 and below 11.1.5-h1 is affected.
- Version 11.0.0 and below 11.0.6-h1 is affected.
- Version 10.2.0 and below 10.2.12-h2 is affected.
- Version 10.1.0 is unaffected.
- Version All is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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