# CVE-2024-8687: PAN-OS: Cleartext Exposure of GlobalProtect Portal Passcodes

> Attackers can expose GlobalProtect passcodes, allowing unauthorized users to uninstall or disable the security client despite configuration restrictions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 11 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r589-95v2-93xr

## What is CVE-2024-8687?

CVE-2024-8687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 11 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An information exposure vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that enables a GlobalProtect end user to learn both the configured GlobalProtect uninstall password and the configured disable or disconnect passcode. After the password or passcode is known, end users can uninstall, disable, or disconnect GlobalProtect even if the GlobalProtect app configuration would not normally permit them to do so.

Weakness: CWE-497 (Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8687?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect, Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, Paloaltonetworks Prisma Access.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8687?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8687 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8687 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os

- [CVE-2025-4232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4232/): GlobalProtect: Authenticated Code Injection Through Wildcard on macOS (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2021-3057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3057/): GlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability When Connecting to Portal or Gateway (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-0009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0009/): GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-0016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0016/): GlobalProtect App: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability When Using Connect Before Logon (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2025-0120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0120/): GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8687 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 11 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8687/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8687/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8687
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8687
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8687

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8687/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.