CVE-2024-2550: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the GlobalProtect gateway in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker to stop the GlobalProtect service on the firewall by sending a specially crafted packet that causes a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition result in the firewall entering maintenance mode.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 10.2.0, before 10.2.7 (fixed in 10.2.7); from 11.0.0, before 11.0.6 (fixed in 11.0.6); from 11.1.0, before 11.1.4 (fixed in 11.1.4); version 10.2.7 only; version 10.2.8 only; version 10.2.9 only; …

Published 2024-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.