CVE-2024-9474: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 18 Nov 2024, the same day the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

93.8%

EPSS score, percentile 99.8 of all scored records

How severe?

6.9 Medium

CVSS v4.0 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA deadline 9 Dec 2024. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Full text

Advisories and patches (1)

Which versions are affected?

Affected

• from 11.2.0 to before 11.2.4-h1
• from 11.1.0 to before 11.1.5-h1
• from 11.0.0 to before 11.0.6-h1
• from 10.2.0 to before 10.2.12-h2
• from 10.1.0 to before 10.1.14-h6

Unaffected All; from 11.2.4-h1; from 11.1.5-h1; from 11.0.6-h1; from 10.2.12-h2; from 10.1.14-h6; and 1 more

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 9 December 2024.

Solution (from the CVE record)

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.1.14-h6, PAN-OS 10.2.12-h2, PAN-OS 11.0.6-h1, PAN-OS 11.1.5-h1, PAN-OS 11.2.4-h1, and all later PAN-OS versions. In addition, in an attempt to provide the most seamless upgrade path for our customers, we are making fixes available for other TAC-preferred and commonly deployed maintenance releases. * Additional PAN-OS 11.2 fixes: * ​​11.2.0-h1 * 11.2.1-h1 * 11.2.2-h2 * 11.2.3-h3 * 11.2.4-h1 * Additional PAN-OS 11.1 fixes: * 11.1.0-h4 * 11.1.1-h2 * 11.1.2-h15 * 11.1.3-h11 * 11.1.4-h7 * 11.1.5-h1 * Additional PAN-OS 11.0 fixes: * 11.0.0-h4 * 11.0.1-h5 * 11.0.2-h5 * 11.0.3-h13 * 11.0.4-h6 * 11.0.5-h2 * 11.0.6-h1 * Additional PAN-OS 10.2 fixes: * 10.2.0-h4 * 10.2.1-h3 * 10.2.2-h6 * 10.2.3-h14 * 10.2.4-h32 * 10.2.5-h9 * 10.2.6-h6 * 10.2.7-h18 * 10.2.8-h15 * 10.2.9-h16 * 10.2.10-h9 * 10.2.11-h6 * 10.2.12-h2 * Additional PAN-OS 10.1 fixes: * 10.1.9-h14 * 10.1.10-h9 * 10.1.11-h10 * 10.1.12-h3 * 10.1.13-h5 * 10.1.14-h6

Workaround (from the CVE record)

Recommended mitigation—The vast majority of firewalls already follow Palo Alto Networks and industry best practices. However, if you haven’t already, we strongly recommend that you secure access to your management interface according to our best practice deployment guidelines. Specifically, you should restrict access to the management interface to only trusted internal IP addresses to prevent external access from the internet. Review information about how to secure management access to your Palo Alto Networks firewalls: * Palo Alto Networks LIVEcommunity article:  https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices

Advisories and patches

• security.paloaltonetworks.com (Vendor advisory)

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9474

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Versions not listed are: unaffected.

Versions not listed are: unaffected.

Versions not listed are: unaffected.

Versions the record lists as unaffected: 11.2.4-h1, 11.1.5-h1, 11.0.6-h1, 10.2.12-h2, 10.1.14-h6.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation through the web-based management interface for several PAN products, including firewalls and VPN concentrators.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2024-9474 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 18 Nov 2024.
• CISA marks it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
• The due date CISA sets for the required action is 9 Dec 2024.
• The CVE record was published on 18 Nov 2024, the same day it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v4.0 base score of 6.9 (Medium), given by its CNA.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 93.8% (percentile 99.8), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management Interface

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.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

• CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
• CWE-77

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

• CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

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