CVE-2024-9471 PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in XML API
Authenticated administrators can escalate privileges via compromised XML API keys to perform unauthorized write operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9471?
CVE-2024-9471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 9 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the XML API of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated PAN-OS administrator with restricted privileges to use a compromised XML API key to perform actions as a higher privileged PAN-OS administrator. For example, an administrator with "Virtual system administrator (read-only)" access could use an XML API key of a "Virtual system administrator" to perform write operations on the virtual system configuration even though they should be limited to read-only operations.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9471?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9471?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9471 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-9471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9471 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-p24w-fv79-9hfm.