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9.8
CVSS
Critical

CVE-2017-15944

PUBLISHED

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and 8.0.x before 8.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute...

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Palo Alto Networks
Product
PAN-OS
Published
Dec 11, 2017
EPSS
94.0% · 100% pctl

Description

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and 8.0.x before 8.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the management interface.

cisa nuclei_scanner edge metasploit

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 7.5

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-08-18 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Aug 18, 2022
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) Jun 01, 2026

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/panos_readsessionvars.rb Apr 28, 2025
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-15944.yaml Apr 25, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

panos_readsessionvars

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2017-15944

yukar1z0e/CVE-2017-15944

github · Created 2020-05-29 03:04:18 UTC · 0 stars

xxnbyy/CVE-2017-15944-POC

github · Created 2017-12-19 04:43:24 UTC · 1 stars

CVE-2017-15944 Palo Alto Networks firewalls remote root code execution POC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit

  • Added to KEVIntel