{"id":"CVE-2024-0012","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2024-0012"],"related":[],"title":"paloaltonetworks pan-os: An authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network…","description":"An authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to gain PAN-OS administrator privileges to perform administrative actions, tamper with the configuration, or exploit other authenticated privilege escalation vulnerabilities like  CVE-2024-9474 https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474 .\n\nThe risk of this issue is greatly reduced if you secure access to the management web interface by restricting access to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended  best practice deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 .\n\nThis issue is applicable only to PAN-OS 10.2, PAN-OS 11.0, PAN-OS 11.1, and PAN-OS 11.2 software.\n\nCloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.","summary":"PAN-OS, the operating system on Palo Alto Networks firewalls and VPN concentrators, has an authentication bypass in its web management interface. 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