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CVE-2024-9474

PUBLISHED

PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management Interface

Exploited in the wild Used in malware PoC available Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Palo Alto Networks
Product
Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS, Prisma Access
Published
Nov 18, 2024
EPSS
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Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

cisa malware nuclei_scanner edge metasploit nessus_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v4.0 6.9 Medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2024-11-18 00:00:00 UTC · Source

Used in malware

Recorded 2026-06-02 14:08:22 UTC · Source

Proof of concept available

Recorded 2024-11-19 22:03:13 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Nov 18, 2024

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/panos_management_unauth_rce.rb Apr 28, 2025
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9474.yaml Apr 25, 2025
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/211513 Nov 18, 2024

Potential proof of concepts

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

panos_management_unauth_rce

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2024-9474

coskper-papa/PAN-OS_CVE-2024-9474

github · Created 2024-12-11 03:10:41 UTC · 2 stars

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS(CVE-2024-9474) POC

k4nfr3/CVE-2024-9474

github · Created 2024-11-19 22:03:13 UTC · 8 stars

Chocapikk/CVE-2024-9474

github · Created 2024-11-19 17:26:27 UTC · 45 stars

PAN-OS auth bypass + RCE

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nessus

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit

  • Exploit Used in Malware