CVE-2024-9468 HIGH

CVE-2024-9468: PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) via a Maliciously Crafted Packet

Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product PAN-OS
Weakness CWE-787
Published October 9, 2024
Last update April 30, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A memory corruption vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS due to a crafted packet through the data plane, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition will result in PAN-OS entering maintenance mode.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 9, 2024 CVE published
April 30, 2025 Record updated