CVE-2024-3400 | PAN-OS: Arbitrary File Creation Leads to OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect

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A command injection as a result of arbitrary file creation vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software for specific PAN-OS versions and distinct feature configurations may enable an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall. Cloud NGFW, Panorama appliances, and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Published: 2024-04-12 Last update: 2025-11-04 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-3400 is rated Critical Active Threat (98.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 94.30%, 100th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2024-04-12) affecting Palo Alto Networks / PAN-OS. a weakness (CWE-20) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

CISA KEV Record for CVE-2024-3400

Name: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Command Injection Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2024-04-12

Action due: 2024-04-19

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions as they become available. Otherwise, users with vulnerable versions of affected devices should enable Threat Prevention IDs available from the vendor. See the vendor bulletin for more details and a patch release schedule.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-3400

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
51996 exploit_db edb 2024-04-21 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-3400

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 2025-03-17 95.97% 94.30% -1.67%
2 2025-03-13 95.88% 95.97% +0.08%
3 2025-03-02 — 95.88% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-3400

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
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 6.0 [email protected]
10.0 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
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 6.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-3400

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-3400

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 10.2.1 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 10.2.2 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 10.2.3 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: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: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 10.2.6 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 10.2.7 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:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 11.0.1 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 11.0.2 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 11.0.3 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:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.3:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.0.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.0:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.0:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.2:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-3400

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