CVE-2024-2550 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-2550

PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) in GlobalProtect Gateway Using a Specially Crafted Packet

Vulnerability Description

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the GlobalProtect gateway in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker to stop the GlobalProtect service on the firewall by sending a specially crafted packet that causes a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition result in the firewall entering maintenance mode.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Michael Baker from AC3

References

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Affected Vendor

Palo Alto Networks

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Affected Software

Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS, Prisma Access
Vulnerable Versions:
All, 11.2.0, 11.1.0, 11.0.0, 10.2.0, 10.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 14th, 2024
Last Modified: November 14th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation
Impact
T1489 Service Stop
Impact
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access