CVE-2024-9474

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges.Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

CVSS v4.0

6.9 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red

CVSS v3.1

7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

94.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

CISA KEV

added 2024-11-18, used in ransomware campaigns

Nuclei

high · CWE-78

Published

2024-11-18

Updated

2026-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (11)

• https://labs.watchtowr.com/pots-and-pans-aka-an-sslvpn-palo-alto-pan-os-cve-2024-0012-and…
• Chocapikk/CVE-2024-947445★ · 2024-11-19
• Regent8SH/PanOsExploitMultitool6★ · 2026-06-05
• Sachinart/CVE-2024-0012-POC21★ · 2024-11-19
• TalatumLabs/CVE-2024-0012_CVE-2024-9474_PoC8★ · 2024-12-12
• aratane/CVE-2024-94741★ · 2025-01-16
• coskper-papa/PAN-OS_CVE-2024-94742★ · 2024-12-11
• dcollaoa/cve-2024-0012-gui-poc4★ · 2025-04-22
• deathvu/CVE-2024-94740★ · 2024-11-20
• k4nfr3/CVE-2024-94749★ · 2024-11-22
• razureink/cve-2024-0012_9474-panos_authbypass_reproduction

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9474.yaml

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/panos_management_unau…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2024-0012
• CVE-2024-11613
• CVE-2024-38063
• CVE-2024-56145
• CVE-2025-24752
• CVE-2025-32432