PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) Using Specially Crafted Traffic
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)
- 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: 0.42% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.2.10-h7, 10.2.11-h4, 10.2.7-h16.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.2.10-h7, 10.2.11-h4, 10.2.7-h16 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
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
- Published
- Nov 14, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 35th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
Report tools
Action score
34
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · palo_alto
- 8.7
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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What does it mean in your environment?
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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
- 11.0.0, 10.1.0not affected
- 11.2.2 and later · before 11.2.2-h3affectedfixed in 11.2.2-h3, 11.2.3
- 11.1.2-h9 and later · before 11.1.2-h14affectedfixed in 11.1.2-h14, 11.1.3-h10
- 10.2.7-h12 and later · before 10.2.7-h16affectedfixed in 10.2.7-h16, 10.2.8-h13, 10.2.9-14, 10.2.10-h7, 10.2.11-h4
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
- Allnot affected
Same product
palo alto networks: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-0128PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) Using a Specially Crafted Packet34Monitor
- CVE-2025-4230PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability Through CLI33Monitor
- CVE-2025-0126PAN-OS: Session Fixation Vulnerability in GlobalProtect SAML Login33Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- Later →CVE-2025-0109Feb 12, 2025 · PAN-OS: Unauthenticated File Deletion Vulnerability on the Management Web Interface27Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-0125Apr 10, 2025 · PAN-OS: Improper Neutralization of Input in the Management Web Interface27Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-0127Apr 10, 2025 · PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability in PAN-OS VM-Series28Monitor
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 | 10.2.10-h7 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS | 10.2.11-h4 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS | 10.2.7-h16 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS | 10.2.8-h13 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS | 10.2.9-14 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS | 11.1.2-h14 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS | 11.1.3-h10 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS | 11.2.2-h3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS | 11.2.3 | 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
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
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.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
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
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.