CVE-2024-0012 | PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in the Management Web Interface (PAN-SA-2024-0015)

Exp

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.

Published: 2024-11-18 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-0012 is rated Critical Active Threat (100/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 99.70%, 100th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2024-11-18) affecting Palo Alto Networks / PAN-OS. a weakness (CWE-306) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. EPSS rose +5.43% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2024-0012

Name: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2024-11-18

Action due: 2024-12-09

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Additionally, management interface for affected devices should not be exposed to untrusted networks, including the internet.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-0012

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-0012

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 94.27% 99.70% +5.43%
2 2025-12-13 94.23% 94.27% +0.04%
3 2025-07-17 — 94.23% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-0012

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 4.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:H)
High confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H)
High availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:L)
Limited confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.
Exploit maturity (threat) (E:X)
Not defined: no reliable threat intelligence; scoring assumes the worst case (equivalent to Attacked).
Confidentiality requirement (CR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Integrity requirement (IR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Availability requirement (AR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Modified attack vector (MAV:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Vector (AV).
Modified attack complexity (MAC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Complexity (AC).
Modified attack requirements (MAT:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Requirements (AT).
Modified privileges required (MPR:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Privileges Required (PR).
Modified user interaction (MUI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base User Interaction (UI).
Modified vulnerable system confidentiality impact (MVC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VC metric.
Modified vulnerable system integrity impact (MVI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VI metric.
Modified vulnerable system availability impact (MVA:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VA metric.
Modified subsequent system confidentiality impact (MSC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SC metric.
Modified subsequent system integrity impact (MSI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SI metric.
Modified subsequent system availability impact (MSA:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SA metric.
Safety (supplemental) (S:X)
Not evaluated.
Automatable (supplemental) (AU:N)
No: attackers cannot reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation for this issue.
Recovery (supplemental) (R:U)
User: manual user intervention is needed to recover services.
Value density (supplemental) (V:C)
Concentrated: a single exploit event controls rich resources (e.g., a central server).
Vulnerability response effort (supplemental) (RE:H)
High/significant effort (privileged updates, firmware/microcode, depot repair, or strong scheduling impact).
Provider urgency (supplemental) (U:RED)
Red: provider rates highest urgency.
 — — [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-0012

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-0012

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.1:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.1:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.2:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.2:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.2:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.2:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.3:h11:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.3:h12:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.3:h13:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.3:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.3:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.3:h9:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.4:h10:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.4:h16:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.4:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.4:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.4:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.5:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.5:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.5:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.6:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.6:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h12:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h16:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h10:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h13:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h11:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h14:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h9:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.10 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.10 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.10 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.10 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.10 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.10 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h7:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.11 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.11 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.11 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.11 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.11 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.12 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.12 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.12:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.0:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.0:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.0:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.1:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.1:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.1:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.2:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.2:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.2:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.2:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.3:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.3:h10:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.3:h12:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.3:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-0012

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