CVE-2024-9472
PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) Using Specially Crafted Traffic
A null pointer dereference in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software on PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series hardware platforms when Decryption policy is enabled allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS by sending specific traffic 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.
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma Access are not affected.
This issue only affects PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series running these specific versions of PAN-OS:
- 10.2.7-h12
- 10.2.8-h10
- 10.2.9-h9
- 10.2.9-h11
- 10.2.10-h2
- 10.2.10-h3
- 10.2.11
- 10.2.11-h1
- 10.2.11-h2
- 10.2.11-h3
- 11.1.2-h9
- 11.1.2-h12
- 11.1.3-h2
- 11.1.3-h4
- 11.1.3-h6
- 11.2.2
- 11.2.2-h1
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) Using Specially Crafted Traffic
A null pointer dereference in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software on PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series hardware platforms when Decryption policy is enabled allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS by sending specific traffic 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.
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma Access are not affected.
This issue only affects PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series running these specific versions of PAN-OS:
- 10.2.7-h12
- 10.2.8-h10
- 10.2.9-h9
- 10.2.9-h11
- 10.2.10-h2
- 10.2.10-h3
- 10.2.11
- 10.2.11-h1
- 10.2.11-h2
- 10.2.11-h3
- 11.1.2-h9
- 11.1.2-h12
- 11.1.3-h2
- 11.1.3-h4
- 11.1.3-h6
- 11.2.2
- 11.2.2-h1
- Record
CVE-2024-9472- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-49964
A null pointer dereference in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software on PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series hardware platforms when Decryption policy is enabled allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS by sending specific traffic 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.
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma Access are not affected.
This issue only affects PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series running these specific versions of PAN-OS:
- 10.2.7-h12
- 10.2.8-h10
- 10.2.9-h9
- 10.2.9-h11
- 10.2.10-h2
- 10.2.10-h3
- 10.2.11
- 10.2.11-h1
- 10.2.11-h2
- 10.2.11-h3
- 11.1.2-h9
- 11.1.2-h12
- 11.1.3-h2
- 11.1.3-h4
- 11.1.3-h6
- 11.2.2
- 11.2.2-h1
- Record
EUVD-2024-49964- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4jjw-9p2j-2v46
A null pointer dereference in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software on PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series...
A null pointer dereference in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software on PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series hardware platforms when Decryption policy is enabled allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS by sending specific traffic 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.
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma Access are not affected.
This issue only affects PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series running these specific versions of PAN-OS:
- 10.2.7-h12
- 10.2.8-h10
- 10.2.9-h9
- 10.2.9-h11
- 10.2.10-h2
- 10.2.10-h3
- 10.2.11
- 10.2.11-h1
- 10.2.11-h2
- 10.2.11-h3
- 11.1.2-h9
- 11.1.2-h12
- 11.1.3-h2
- 11.1.3-h4
- 11.1.3-h6
- 11.2.2
- 11.2.2-h1
- Record
GHSA-4jjw-9p2j-2v46- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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:M/U:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A null pointer dereference in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software on PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series hardware platforms when Decryption policy is enabled allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS by sending specific traffic 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.
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma Access are not affected.
This issue only affects PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series running these specific versions of PAN-OS:
- 10.2.7-h12
- 10.2.8-h10
- 10.2.9-h9
- 10.2.9-h11
- 10.2.10-h2
- 10.2.10-h3
- 10.2.11
- 10.2.11-h1
- 10.2.11-h2
- 10.2.11-h3
- 11.1.2-h9
- 11.1.2-h12
- 11.1.3-h2
- 11.1.3-h4
- 11.1.3-h6
- 11.2.2
- 11.2.2-h1
- Record
CVE-2024-9472- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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:M/U:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-9472 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Palo Alto Networks Cloud Ngfw, published November 14, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.