Security Advisory 2024-098

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Command Injection Vulnerability in PaloAlto PAN-OS

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History:

  • 16/09/2024 --- v1.0 -- Initial publication

Summary

On September 11, 2024, a high-severity command injection vulnerability has been addressed in PaloAlto PAN-OS. If exploited, this flaw could allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the firewall.

Technical Details

The vulnerability CVE-2024-8686, with a CVSS score of 8.6, is a command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software. It enables an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions and run arbitrary commands as root on the firewall.

Affected Products

This vulnerability affects PAN-OS version 11.2.2.

Recommendations

CERT-EU strongly recommends updating affected PAN-OS installations to the latest version [1].

References

[1] https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8686

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