Vulnerability · Published Oct 9, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2024-9468PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) via a Maliciously Crafted Packet

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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)8.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Cloud NGFW	see references
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	11.1.0 – before 11.1.311.0.0 – before 11.0.4-h510.2.0 – before 10.2.4-h24
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access	see references

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber

References

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