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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.