CVE-2024-3400
📛 CVE Title
PAN-OS: Arbitrary File Creation Leads to OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect
Description
A command injection as a result of arbitrary file creation vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software for specific PAN-OS versions and distinct feature configurations may enable an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall. Cloud NGFW, Panorama appliances, and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Overview
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Assigner (CNA)
- palo_alto
- CVSS severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS score
- 10.0 / 10
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Effective score
- 10.0 / 10 CRITICAL source: CNA overview
- CWE(s)
-
CWE-77,CWE-20 - Reserved
- 2024-04-05
- Published
- 2024-04-12 07:20 UTC
- Last updated
- 2025-10-21 23:05 UTC
- Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2024/3xxx/CVE-2024-3400.json
- Linked Threat
- CVE-2024-3400 — PAN-OS: Arbitrary File Creation Leads to OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities CISA KEV
CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation of this CVE. Federal agencies must remediate by the due date below; private orgs should treat it as priority-1.
- Vulnerability name
- Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Command Injection Vulnerability
- Vendor / project
- Palo Alto Networks
- Product
- PAN-OS
- Date added to KEV
- 2024-04-12
- Remediation due
- 2024-04-19
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions as they become available. Otherwise, users with vulnerable versions of affected devices should enable Threat Prevention IDs available from the vendor. See the vendor bulletin for more details and a patch release schedule.
- Ransomware campaign use
- Known
- CISA notes
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3400
- CISA listing
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0
Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.
- NVD published
- 2024-04-12 08:15:06 UTC
- NVD last modified
- 2025-11-04 16:49:20 UTC
- NVD CVSS v3.1
- 10.0 / 10 CRITICAL source: psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
- NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Exploitability subscore
- 3.9 / 10
- Impact subscore
- 6.0 / 10
- EPSS score
- 0.9432 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
- EPSS percentile
- 99.95% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24
NVD / KEV / EPSS data refreshed 2026-05-25 01:23 UTC. Re-run the 🛰 Backfill from NVD button above to refresh.
European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD
ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.
- EUVD ID
-
EUVD-2024-31989 - Assigner
- palo_alto
- Published
- Apr 12, 2024, 7:20:00 AM
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025, 11:05:21 PM
- EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)
-
10.0 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EUVD-reported EPSS
- 94.3200
- Vendors
- Palo Alto Networks
- Products
-
PAN-OS (11.1.0 <11.1.2-h3)PAN-OS (11.0.0 <11.0.4-h1)PAN-OS (10.2.0 <10.2.9-h1)Prisma AccessPAN-OSCloud NGFW
- Aliases
-
GHSA-v475-xhc9-wfxg
ENISA description: A command injection as a result of arbitrary file creation vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software for specific PAN-OS versions and distinct feature configurations may enable an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall. Cloud NGFW, Panorama appliances, and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
EUVD references (4)
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-3400/
- https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-cve-2024-3400/
- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2024/04/more-on-the-pan-os-cve/
Affected products (3)
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | PAN-OS |
9.0.0 (unaffected),
9.1.0 (unaffected),
10.0.0 (unaffected),
10.1.0 (unaffected),
10.2.0 (affected),
11.0.0 (affected),
11.1.0 (affected)
|
— |
| Palo Alto Networks | Cloud NGFW |
All (unaffected)
|
— |
| Palo Alto Networks | Prisma Access |
All (unaffected)
|
— |
Affected products — CPE 2.3 (52) NVD
NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.
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Vendor references (4)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400 vendor-advisory
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-3400/ technical-description
- https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-cve-2024-3400/ technical-description
- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2024/04/more-on-the-pan-os-cve/ technical-description
MITRE references (3) cveawg.mitre.org
Pulled from MITRE's CVE Services API by the 🛰 Backfill from MITRE button.
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-3400/ technical-description
- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2024/04/more-on-the-pan-os-cve/ technical-description
- https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-cve-2024-3400/ technical-description
Web references (6)
DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-31989 rapid7:euvd.enisa.europa.eu
- http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3400 rapid7:www.cve.org
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400 rapid7:security.paloaltonetworks.com
- http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-3400 rapid7:attackerkb.com
NVD-tagged references (9)
Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400 psirt@paloaltonetworks.com Vendor Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Vendor Advisory
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-3400/ psirt@paloaltonetworks.com ExploitVendor Advisory
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-3400/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ExploitVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-3400 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 US Government Resource
- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2024/04/more-on-the-pan-os-cve/ psirt@paloaltonetworks.com Technical DescriptionVendor Advisory
- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2024/04/more-on-the-pan-os-cve/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Technical DescriptionVendor Advisory
- https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-cve-2024-3400/ psirt@paloaltonetworks.com ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-cve-2024-3400/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ExploitThird Party Advisory
Indicators (1)
IOCs linked to the auto-promoted Threat row.
| Type | Value | VirusTotal | Attached |
|---|---|---|---|
| cve |
CVE-2024-3400
|
no local data | 2026-05-14 09:34 UTC |
Remediations (8)
Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.
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web:cvefeed.io
A command injection as a result of arbitrary file creation vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software for specific PAN-OS versions and distinct feature configurations may enable an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall. Cloud NGFW, Panorama appliances, and Prisma …
2026-05-17 13:56 UTC -
web:docs.tenable.com
Verifying Patches The information that Tenable plugins provide to enumerate software versions can be used to verify that authorized software is updated with the latest patches. The Patch Report (66334) Plugin summarizes a list of patches that need to be installed and enabled on an asset. Use this plugin to track how often a patch assessment is made over time or to extract the data to perform ...
2026-05-17 13:56 UTC -
web:nvd.nist.gov
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2026-05-17 13:56 UTC -
web:security.paloaltonetworks.com
2024 -04-16Updated product and mitigation guidance, exploit status, and PAN-OS fix availability 2024 -04-15All necessary PAN-OS fixes are now available, clarified Workarounds and Mitigations when using Panorama templates
2026-05-17 13:56 UTC -
web:support.microsoft.com
How to obtain or download the latest cumulative update package for Linux To update SQL Server 2022 on Linux to the latest CU, you must first have the Cumulative Update repository configured. Then, update your SQL Server packages by using the appropriate platform-specific update command. For installation instructions and direct links to the CU package downloads, see the SQL Server 2022 Release ...
2026-05-17 13:56 UTC -
web:support.servicenow.com
Overview The advisories below document publicly disclosed Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ( CVEs ) in the Now Platform by ServiceNow. Because ServiceNow uses various methods to communicate vulnerability information, patches, and other fixes, customers should review family, security patch , and hotfix release notes, which are available at https://docs.servicenow.com, for a complete list of ...
2026-05-17 13:56 UTC -
web:www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2024 Description A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. These patches address vulnerabilities in Oracle code and in third party components included in Oracle products. These patches are usually cumulative, but each advisory describes only the security patches added since the previous Critical ...
2026-05-17 13:56 UTC -
web:www.sentinelone.com
CVE-2024-3400 is a command injection RCE vulnerability in Palo Alto PAN-OS GlobalProtect. Learn about its impact, affected versions, and mitigation methods.
2026-05-17 13:56 UTC
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Raw JSON
The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2024-3400.json.
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