CVE-2024-9468 PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) via a Maliciously Crafted Packet
An unauthenticated attacker can crash PAN-OS firewalls via crafted packets, causing denial of service and forcing maintenance mode.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9468?
CVE-2024-9468 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 9 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A memory corruption vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS due to a crafted packet through the data plane, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition will result in PAN-OS entering maintenance mode.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9468?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9468?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9468 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-9468 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9468 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-84mp-4xjv-gqwj.