Medium 6.9Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Nov 18, 2024

CVE-2024-9474PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management Interface

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 04:50 UTC)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Nov 18, 2024; federal agencies had to remediate by Dec 9, 2024, and it is known to be used in ransomware. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 6.9 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Nov 18, 2024; federal remediation due Dec 9, 2024; known ransomware useApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Additionally, the management interfaces for affected devices should not be exposed to untrusted networks, including the internet.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 94.82% (percentile 100)
Assigned by: palo_alto
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 4, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW palo_alto_networks:cloud_ngfw (from the name)	all versions not affected	CNA record
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS palo_alto_networks:pan_os (from the name)	from 11.2.0 before 11.2.4-h1; fixed at 11.2.4-h1; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.5-h1; fixed at 11.1.5-h1; from 11.0.0 before 11.0.6-h1; fixed at 11.0.6-h1; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.12-h2; fixed at 10.2.12-h2; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.14-h6; fixed at 10.1.14-h6	CNA record
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access palo_alto_networks:prisma_access (from the name)	all versions not affected	CNA record
paloaltonetworks pan-os paloaltonetworks:pan-os	from 11.2.0 before 11.2.4-h1; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.5-h1; from 11.0.0 before 11.0.6-h1; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.12-h2; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.14-h6	CISA ADP
paloaltonetworks pan-os paloaltonetworks:pan-os	from 10.1.0 before 10.1.14; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.12; from 11.0.0 before 11.0.6; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.5; from 11.2.0 before 11.2.4; 10.1.14; 10.1.14; 10.1.14; and 5 more ranges	NVD

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474vendor-advisory
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-0012-cve-2024-9474/press/media-coverage, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/k4nfr3/CVE-2024-9474exploit
https://labs.watchtowr.com/pots-and-pans-aka-an-sslvpn-palo-alto-pan-os-cve-2024-0012-and-cve-2024-9474/exploit, third-party-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-9474us-government-resource

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