PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management Interface
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 11.2.4-h1, 11.1.5-h1, 11.0.6-h1, 10.2.12-h2, 10.1.14-h6
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewall software is affected. An administrator with access to the web management interface can exploit this flaw to perform actions on the firewall with root-level privileges.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEV
CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild
- CVE published
- CISA remediation deadline
Due date for US federal agencies to patch
- Record last updated
- EPSS reached 10%
FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Affected versions
- Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW
Version range not reported
- Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
From 11.2.0 · fixed in 11.2.4-h1; From 11.1.0 · fixed in 11.1.5-h1; From 11.0.0 · fixed in 11.0.6-h1; From 10.2.0 · fixed in 10.2.12-h2; From 10.1.0 · fixed in 10.1.14-h6
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Version range not reported