CVE-2024-2551: 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 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker to stop a core system service on the firewall by sending a crafted packet through the data plane 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 10.1.0, before 10.1.14 (fixed in 10.1.14); from 10.2.0, before 10.2.4 (fixed in 10.2.4); from 11.0.0, before 11.0.5 (fixed in 11.0.5); version 10.2.4 only

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