NVD / CVE Program· CNA palo_alto

CVE-2023-6795: PAN-OS: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in the Web Interface

MediumCVSS 4.7 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 18/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 67.1% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.0.9, 10.1.3, 8.1.24-h1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.0.9, 10.1.3, 8.1.24-h1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An OS command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with limited privileges on the firewall.

BDU:2024-00091

Published: Dec 13, 2023
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 1.1% · 67th percentile
CWE: CWE-78

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 18 / 40 · 4.7 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 1.1%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 4.7
CNA · palo_alto: 5.5; 0.8 point gap

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

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
paloaltonetworks	pan-os	cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (palo_alto). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW
- Allnot affected
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
- 8.1 and later · before 8.1.24-h1affectedfixed in 8.1.24-h1
- 9.0 and later · before 9.0.17affectedfixed in 9.0.17
- 9.1 and later · before 9.1.12affectedfixed in 9.1.12
- 10.0 and later · before 10.0.9affectedfixed in 10.0.9
- 10.1 and later · before 10.1.3affectedfixed in 10.1.3
- 10.2 and later · before Allnot affected
- 11.0 and later · before Allnot affected
- 11.1 and later · before Allnot affected
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
- Allnot affected

Affected versions · NVD (5)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

paloaltonetworks pan-os8.1.0 and later · before 8.1.24
paloaltonetworks pan-os9.0.0 and later · before 9.0.17
paloaltonetworks pan-os9.1.0 and later · before 9.1.12
paloaltonetworks pan-os10.0.0 and later · before 10.0.9
paloaltonetworks pan-os10.1.0 and later · before 10.1.3

Same product

paloaltonetworks: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2024-3400PAN-OS: Arbitrary File Creation Leads to OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtectKEV
100Now
CVE-2017-15944Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and 8.0.x before 8.0.6 allows remote attackers to…KEV
99Now
CVE-2024-0012PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass in the Management Web Interface (PAN-SA-2024-0015)KEV
97Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2023-6793Dec 13, 2023 · PAN-OS: XML API Keys Revoked by Read-Only PAN-OS Administrator
10Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2023-6794Dec 13, 2023 · PAN-OS: File Upload Vulnerability in the Web Interface
18Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-0007Feb 14, 2024 · PAN-OS: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in the Panorama Web Interface
19Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS	10.0.9	Vendor (CNA)
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS	10.1.3	Vendor (CNA)
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS	8.1.24-h1	Vendor (CNA)
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS	9.0.17	Vendor (CNA)
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS	9.1.12	Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2024-9474341 days apartPAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management InterfaceKEV
85Now
CVE-2024-8686273 days apartPAN-OS: Command Injection Vulnerability
34Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: low · data can be read
Integrity: low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: low · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: Low
Integrity impact: Low
Availability impact: Low

Weakness class (CWE)

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

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const host = req.body.host;
2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

1const host = req.body.host;
2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);
3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log (1)

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC

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References

security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6795

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