04.18.2024

Critical RCE Vulnerability in Palo Alto Global Protect

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Date of Notice: 04/18/2024

Action Level - HIGH

Palo Alto released a critical vulnerability that is currently being tracked as CVE 2024-3400. This vulnerability allows an attacker to remotely execute code on the firewall and requires immediate attention.

Description

A command injection vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software for specific PAN-OS versions and distinct feature configurations may enable an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall.

Fixed Versions

Fixes for PAN-OS 10.2, PAN-OS 11.0, and PAN-OS 11.1 were released the past few days. Cloud NGFW, Panorama appliances, and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability. All other versions of PAN-OS are also not impacted.

Mitigation/Remediation

Customers with a Threat Prevention subscription can block attacks for this vulnerability by enabling Threat ID 95187 (introduced in Applications and Threats content version 8833-8682).

In addition to enabling Threat ID 95187, customers must ensure vulnerability protection has been applied to their GlobalProtect interface to prevent exploitation of this issue on their device.

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