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CVE-2017-15944

99
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15944 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS versions before 6.1.19, 7.0.19, 7.1.14, and 8.0.6, specifically impacting the management interface. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code without user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its high risk and widespread attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.1.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
98.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Aug 18, 2022
Metasploit: Palo Alto Networks readSessionVarsFromFile() Session Corruption · Dec 11, 2017
Nuclei: CVE-2017-15944 · Jun 18, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-44597 · May 8, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9834 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

paloaltovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
security.paloaltonetworks.com / CVE-2017-15944
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/43342
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/44597
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/102079
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040007
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry