Vulnerability · Published Feb 12, 2025 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2025-0109PAN-OS: Unauthenticated File Deletion Vulnerability on the Management Web Interface

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 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An unauthenticated file deletion vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS management web interface enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to delete certain files as the “nobody” user; this includes limited logs and configuration files but does not include system files. You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practices deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 . This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access software.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Cloud NGFW	see references
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	10.1.0 – before 10.1.14-h910.2.0 – before 10.2.7-h2411.1.0 – before 11.1.6-h111.2.0 – before 11.2.4-h4
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access	see references

Weakness: CWE-73 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-0109 vendor-advisory