vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: CVE-2024-9471: PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in XML API
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 9, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 9, 2024
Added
Jan 7, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the XML API of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated PAN-OS administrator with restricted privileges to use a compromised XML API key to perform actions as a higher privileged PAN-OS administrator beyond what the XML API permits.
Solution
palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-latest
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