vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks PAN-SA-2016-0008: PAN-OS API denial of service
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 27, 2016 | Oct 12, 2016 | Feb 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jun 27, 2016
Added
Oct 12, 2016
Modified
Feb 18, 2025
Description
Palo Alto Networks firewalls offer an API to query and modify the configuration of the device. While access to this API is protected by the use of an API key, an issue was recently identified leading to a potential unauthenticated denial of service attack. (Ref #91728)
Solution
palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-7-0
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