CVE-2024-9468

PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) via a Maliciously Crafted Packet

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS due to a crafted packet through the data plane, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition will result in PAN-OS entering maintenance mode.

Remediation

Solution:

  • This issue is fixed in 10.2.9-h11, 10.2.10-h4, PAN-OS 10.2.11, PAN-OS 11.0.4-h5, PAN-OS 11.0.6, PAN-OS 11.1.3, and all later PAN-OS versions.

Workaround:

  • Customers with a Threat Prevention subscription can block attacks for this vulnerability by enabling Threat ID 94971 (introduced in Applications and Threats content version 8854).

Category

8.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 4.0 •
EPSS 0.15%
Vendor Advisory paloaltonetworks.com
Affected: Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW
Affected: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Affected: Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9468 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-9468?
CVE-2024-9468 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-9468?
To fix CVE-2024-9468: This issue is fixed in 10.2.9-h11, 10.2.10-h4, PAN-OS 10.2.11, PAN-OS 11.0.4-h5, PAN-OS 11.0.6, PAN-OS 11.1.3, and all later PAN-OS versions.
Is CVE-2024-9468 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-9468 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-9468?
CVE-2024-9468 affects Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access.
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