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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.2.x < 10.2.12 / 11.0.x < 11.0.6 / 11.1.x < 11.1.5 / 11.2.x < 11.2.4 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211640

Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 10.2.x prior to 10.2.12 or 11.0.x prior to 11.0.6 or 11.1.x prior to 11.1.5 or 11.2.x prior to 11.2.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

 A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions in the management plane and delete files on the firewall.

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.

Solution

Upgrade to PAN-OS 10.2.12 / 11.0.6 / 11.1.5 / 11.2.4 or later

See Also

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2552

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211640

File Name: palo_alto_CVE-2024-2552.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Published: 11/20/2024

Updated: 1/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2552

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 4.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os

Required KB Items: Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Full_Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Source

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2552

CWE: 22