CVE-2024-3400
PAN-OS: Arbitrary File Creation Leads to OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- palo_alto
Description
A command injection as a result of arbitrary file creation 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. Cloud NGFW, Panorama appliances, and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Command Injection Vulnerability.
- Added
- 12 Apr 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 19 Apr 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions as they become available. Otherwise, users with vulnerable versions of affected devices should enable Threat Prevention IDs available from the vendor. See the vendor bulletin for more details and a patch release schedule.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By palo_alto
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| palo_altoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 100.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- unaffected 9.0.0
- unaffected 9.1.0
- unaffected 10.0.0
- unaffected 10.1.0
- affected 10.2.0 – < 10.2.9-h1
- affected 11.0.0 – < 11.0.4-h1
- affected 11.1.0 – < 11.1.2-h3
Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW
- unaffected All
Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access
- unaffected All
What to do
Solution: We strongly advise customers to immediately upgrade to a fixed version of PAN-OS to protect their devices even when workarounds and mitigations have been applied. This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.2.9-h1, PAN-OS 11.0.4-h1, PAN-OS 11.1.2-h3, and in all later PAN-OS versions. Customers who upgrade to these versions will be fully protected.
Workaround: Recommended Mitigation: Customers with a Threat Prevention subscription can block attacks for this vulnerability using Threat IDs 95187, 95189, and 95191 (available in Applications and Threats content version 8836-8695 and later). Please monitor this advisory and new Threat Prevention content updates for additional Threat Prevention IDs around CVE-2024-3400. To apply the Threat IDs, customers must ensure that vulnerability protection has been applied to their GlobalProtect interface to prevent exploitation of this issue on their device. Please see https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/globalprotect-articles/applying-vulnerability-protection-to-globalprotect-interfaces/ta-p/340184 for more information.
Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks is aware of an increasing number of attacks that leverage the exploitation of this vulnerability. Proof of concepts for this vulnerability have been publicly disclosed by third parties. More information about the vulnerability's exploitation in the wild can be found in the Unit 42 threat brief ( https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-3400/ ) and the Palo Alto Networks PSIRT blog post ( https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2024/04/more-on-the-pan-os-cve/) .
References (5)
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-3400/ (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-cve-2024-3400/ (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2024/04/more-on-the-pan-os-cve/ (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-3400 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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