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CVE-2024-0012

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-0012 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software versions 10.2, 11.0, 11.1, and 11.2, allowing unauthenticated attackers with network access to the management web interface to gain full administrator privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, including in known ransomware campaigns, with public Metasploit modules and Nuclei templates available, and has garnered significant community discussion and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.3CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
LOW
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 18, 2024
Metasploit: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution · Nov 18, 2024
Nuclei: CVE-2024-0012 · Nov 19, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9970 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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

labs.watchtowr.com / pots-and-pans-aka-an-sslvpn-palo-alto-pan-os-cve-2024-0012-and-cve-2024-9474
ExploitThird Party Advisory
cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com / cve-2024-0012-cve-2024-9474
Vendor Advisory
security.paloaltonetworks.com / CVE-2024-0012
Vendor Advisory