Threats / Palo Alto Networks / CVE-2024-0012
CVE-2024-0012
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS authentication bypass in web management interface allows unauthenticated access to firewall and VPN concentrator administration.
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
Critical authentication bypass affecting PAN-OS management interfaces. High exploitation activity and ransomware deployment observed. Attackers gain direct administrative control without credentials, enabling full system compromise.
CISA KEV Yes · 2024-11-183Ransomware use Flagged3EPSS 0.99698 (verify live)4Exploit Weaponized · public PoC5
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
586 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-11-18), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99698 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Palo Alto Networks, PAN-OS. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-306 Missing Authentication — weakness family: Authentication.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I bypass authentication on the PAN-OS web management interface without valid credentials.
Business
Administrative access to critical network infrastructure is compromised, enabling unauthorized configuration changes and data exfiltration.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I gain unrestricted access to firewall and VPN concentrator settings and logs.
Business
Network segmentation and access controls are neutralized, allowing lateral movement and persistence across the infrastructure.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I deploy ransomware payloads or establish command-and-control channels through the compromised management interface.
Business
Operations are disrupted by encryption of critical systems; ransom demands and recovery costs accumulate while business continuity is lost.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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