An authentication bypass in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to bypass the authentication otherwise required by the PAN-OS management web interface and invoke certain PHP scripts. While invoking these PHP scripts does not enable remote code execution, it can negatively impact integrity and confidentiality of PAN-OS. 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.

Palo Alto Networks confirmed active exploitation of these two flaws as well as CVE-2024-9474 as part of exploit chains. Patch immediately.

Palo Alto Networks confirmed active exploitation of this flaw. It could be paired with a separate flaw (e.g. CVE-2024-9474) for remote code execution. Patch immediately.

Researchers at GreyNoise have flagged this vulnerability for exploitation attempts being observed in the wild. Immediate patching is recommended

Palo Alto PAN-OS versions < 10.1.14-h9 / 10.2.x < 10.2.13-h3 / 11.1.x < 11.1.6-h1 / 11.2.x < 11.2.4-h4 is affected by a vulnerability allowing an attacker to bypass authentication and invoke certain PHP scripts via a specially forged request.

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 10.1.x prior to 10.1.14-h9 or 10.2.x prior to 10.2.7-h24 or 11.1.x prior to 11.1.6-h1 or 11.2.x prior to 11.2.4-h4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

    An authentication bypass in the in the management web interface ofPalo Alto Networks PAN-OS software     enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to bypass the     authentication otherwise required by the PAN-OS management web interface and invoke certain PHP scripts.
    While invoking these PHP scripts does not enable remote code execution, it can negatively impact integrity     and confidentiality of PAN-OS.

    The attacker must have network access to the management web interface to exploit this issue.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 critical 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the PAN-OS security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
114598	Palo Alto PAN-OS Authentication Bypass	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
216167	Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.1.x < 10.1.14-h9 / 10.2.x < 10.2.7-h24 / 11.1.x < 11.1.6-h1 / 11.2.x < 11.2.4-h4 Vulnerability	Nessus	Palo Alto Local Security Checks	medium

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