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

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

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.

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 10.2.0 before 10.2.4; from 10.2.5 before 10.2.7; from 11.0.0 before 11.0.4; from 11.0.5 before 11.0.6; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.3; 10.2.4-h10, 10.2.4-h16, 10.2.4-h2, 10.2.4-h3, 10.2.4-h4, 10.2.7-h1 (+48) — fixed in 10.2.4, 10.2.7, 11.0.4, 11.0.6, 11.1.3
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 11.1.0 before 11.1.3; from 11.0.0 before 11.0.4-h5; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.4-h24 — fixed in 11.1.3, 11.0.4-h5, 11.0.6, 10.2.4-h24, 10.2.7-h24, 10.2.8-h20

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.2.4, 10.2.7, 11.0.4, 11.0.6; Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 11.1.3, 11.0.4-h5, 11.0.6, 10.2.4-h24. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9468

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