Zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto PAN-OS

Improper authentication
CVE-2024-0012

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2024111838 - Authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS management web interface

Vulnerable component: Palo Alto PAN-OS

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0012

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper authentication in the Management Web Interface. A remote non-authenticated attacker can bypass authentication process and gain unauthorized access to the system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild in conjunction with #VU100528 (CVE-2024-9474).

External links:

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-0012

About zero-day vulnerabilities

Zero-day vulnerability is an undisclosed vulnerability in software that hackers can exploit to compromise computer programs, gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, penetrate networks, etc. We consider vulnerability a zero-day when there is no solution provided from software vendor and the vulnerability is being actively exploited by malicious actors.

Zero-day candidate is a potential zero-day vulnerability in software which might have been used in targeted attacks, however there is no evidence to support this suggestion.