CVE-2024-8686

PAN-OS: Command Injection Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 8.6 High
Published: Sep 11, 2024
Updated: May 13, 2026
Reserved: Sep 11, 2024

Description

A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions and run arbitrary commands as root on the firewall.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.6 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks	11.2.0 to before 11.2.2Not affected 11.2.2Affected 11.1.0Not affected 11.0.0Not affected 10.2.0Not affected 10.1.0Not affected
Cloud NGFWPalo Alto Networks	AllNot affected
Prisma AccessPalo Alto Networks	AllNot affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8686

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