⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-08-18. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-09-08. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2017-15944 — Improper Input Validation in Paloaltonetworks Pan-os

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer10 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
94.1%
top 0.09%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-08-18
Due 2022-09-08
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
2
Paloaltonetworks Pan-osPaloalto Pan-os
Timeline
PublishedDec 11
KEV addedAug 18
KEV dueSep 8
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and 8.0.x before 8.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the management interface.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDpaloaltonetworks/pan-os7.0.0 — 7.0.19+3
▶Palo Altopaloalto/pan-os

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-9ppr-hv62-39w2: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-15944: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6↗2017-12-11
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VulnCheck
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2017
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💥Exploits & PoCs

4
Exploit-DB
Palo Alto Networks - 'readSessionVarsFromFile()' Session Corruption (Metasploit)↗2018-05-08
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Exploit-DB
Palo Alto Networks Firewalls - Root Remote Code Execution↗2017-12-14
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Nuclei
Palo Alto Network PAN-OS - Remote Code Execution
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Metasploit
Palo Alto Networks readSessionVarsFromFile() Session Corruption↗
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2022-08-18
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Palo Alto
Vulnerability in PAN-OS and Panorama on Management Interface↗2017-12-06
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