Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2024-8687PAN-OS: Cleartext Exposure of GlobalProtect Portal Passcodes

Medium 6.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cloud NGFW from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An information exposure vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that enables a GlobalProtect end user to learn both the configured GlobalProtect uninstall password and the configured disable or disconnect passcode. After the password or passcode is known, end users can uninstall, disable, or disconnect GlobalProtect even if the GlobalProtect app configuration would not normally permit them to do so.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 11.0.0 – before 11.0.110.2.0 – before 10.2.410.1.0 – before 10.1.910.0.0 – before 10.0.129.1.0 – before 9.1.169.0.0 – before 9.0.17
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App 5.1.0 – before 5.1.125.2.0 – before 5.2.136.0.0 – before 6.0.76.1.0 – before 6.1.26.2.0 – before 6.2.1
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW see references
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access 10.2.0 – before 10.2.9 on PAN-OS

Weakness: CWE-497 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

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