CVE-2024-0012: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2024-11-18. EPSS: 99.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to gain PAN-OS administrator privileges to perform administrative actions, tamper with the configuration, or exploit other authenticated privilege escalation vulnerabilities like CVE-2024-9474 https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474 . The risk of this issue is greatly reduced if you secure access to the management web interface by restricting access to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended  best practice 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 is applicable only to PAN-OS 10.2, PAN-OS 11.0, PAN-OS 11.1, and PAN-OS 11.2 software. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: version 10.2.0 only; version 10.2.1 only; version 10.2.2 only; version 10.2.3 only; version 10.2.4 only; version 10.2.5 only; …

Published 2024-11-18. Last modified 2026-08-04.