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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2024-9474

Cloud NGFW Privilege Escalation

Palo Alto Networks / Cloud NGFW · affected before 11.2.4-h1

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Severity
CVSS 6.9 · Medium
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
94.8%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2024-9474 is a vulnerability affecting Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW and 2 other products. A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Palo Alto Networks / Cloud NGFW affected before 11.2.4-h1.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Cloud NGFW Privilege Escalation

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.

paloaltonetworks Affected
pan-os
Before 11.2.4-h1 Before 11.1.5-h1 Before 11.0.6-h1 Before 10.2.12-h2 Before 10.1.14-h6
Palo Alto Networks Unaffected
Cloud NGFW
All
Palo Alto Networks Affected
PAN-OS
Before 11.2.4-h1 Before 11.1.5-h1 Before 11.0.6-h1 Before 10.2.12-h2 Before 10.1.14-h6
Palo Alto Networks Unaffected
Prisma Access
All
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Published
18 Nov 2024
Exploitation Reported
18 Nov 2024
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None

Tags

edge cisa metasploit nessus_scanner nuclei_scanner malware

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 18 Nov 2024

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Used in malware

CISA

Recorded 02 Jun 2026

Malware families have been linked to exploitation of this CVE.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 19 Nov 2024

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2024-11-18 00:00 UTC
The Shadowserver 2026-07-08 10:15 UTC
CVE 2026-08-04 04:41 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/panos_management_unauth_rce.rb 28 Apr 2025
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9474.yaml 25 Apr 2025
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/211513 18 Nov 2024

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

6.9 Medium

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

EPSS

94.8%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

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

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v4.0 6.9 Medium

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

CVSS v3.1 7.2 High

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

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

PAN-OS Management Web Interface - Command Injection

nuclei · Created Unknown

panos_management_unauth_rce

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2024-9474

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 04:41 UTC

    KEV confirmed by CVE

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  2. 10:15 UTC

    KEV confirmed by The Shadowserver

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  3. 14:08 UTC

    First public exploitation report

    Exploit observed in malware

  4. 15:02 UTC

    Metasploit module available

    Exploit module available

  5. 15:02 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  6. 00:00 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  7. 20:22 UTC

    Nessus plugin available

    Scanner coverage available

  8. 15:48 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  9. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  10. 11:35 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2024-9474",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 6.9,
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