CVE-2018-10140 Denial of service in PAN-OS
An authenticated user can shut down all management sessions in PAN-OS, forcing all logged-in users to the login page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-10140?
CVE-2018-10140 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 16 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PAN-OS Management Web Interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier may allow an authenticated user to shut down all management sessions, resulting in all logged in users to be redirected to the login page. PAN-OS 6.1, PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0 are NOT affected.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10140?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10140?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-10140 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10140 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
- CVE-2024-3400 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Command Injection
- CVE-2020-2021 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2017-15944 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-0300 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2024-0012 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f974-9pxv-hmpx.