VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-9471

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-10-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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 classification

  • psirt@paloaltonetworks.com: CWE-269
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references