Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2024-2552

CVE-2024-2552 PAN-OS: Arbitrary File Delete Vulnerability in the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Urgency MODERATE

047910
Severity 4.3 · MEDIUM
Exploit Maturity UNREPORTED
Response Effort MODERATE
Recovery USER
Value Density CONCENTRATED
Attack Vector LOCAL
Attack Complexity LOW
Attack Requirements NONE
Automatable NO
User Interaction NONE
Product Confidentiality NONE
Product Integrity HIGH
Product Availability HIGH
Privileges Required HIGH
Subsequent Confidentiality NONE
Subsequent Integrity NONE
Subsequent Availability NONE
CVE JSON CSAF
Published 2024-11-13
Updated 2025-01-06
Reference PAN-261332
Discovered externally

Description

A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions in the management plane and delete files on the firewall.

Product Status

VersionsAffectedUnaffected
Cloud NGFWNone
All
PAN-OS 11.2< 11.2.4
>= 11.2.4
PAN-OS 11.1< 11.1.4-h9
< 11.1.5
>= 11.1.4-h9
>= 11.1.5
PAN-OS 11.0< 11.0.6
>= 11.0.6
PAN-OS 10.2< 10.2.7-h21
< 10.2.8-h18
< 10.2.9-h18
< 10.2.10-h10
< 10.2.11-h9
< 10.2.12
>= 10.2.7-h21
>= 10.2.8-h18
>= 10.2.9-h18
>= 10.2.10-h10
>= 10.2.11-h9
>= 10.2.12
PAN-OS 10.1None
All
Prisma AccessNone
All

Required Configuration for Exposure

No special configuration is required to be affected by this issue.

Severity: MEDIUM, Suggested Urgency: MODERATE

CVSS-BT: 4.3 / CVSS-B: 6.8 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber)

Exploitation Status

Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.

Weakness Type and Impact

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC-126 Path Traversal

Solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.2.12, PAN-OS 11.0.6, PAN-OS 11.1.5, PAN-OS 11.2.4, and all later PAN-OS versions.

In addition, in an attempt to provide the most seamless upgrade path for our customers, we are making additional fixes available as noted below:

Workarounds and Mitigations

We strongly recommend customers to ensure access to your management interface is configured correctly in accordance with our recommended best practice deployment guidelines. In particular, we recommend that you ensure that access to the management interface is possible only from trusted internal IPs and not from the Internet. The vast majority of firewalls already follow this Palo Alto Networks and industry best practice.

Please see the following link for additional information regarding how to secure the management access of your palo alto networks device: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431

Acknowledgments

Palo Alto Networks thanks Bobby Storey for discovering and reporting the issue."

CPEs

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:h7:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h7:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h9:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h7:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h17:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h16:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h15:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h14:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h13:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h12:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h11:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h10:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h9:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h7:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h17:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h16:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h15:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h14:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h13:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h12:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h11:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h10:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h9:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h7:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h20:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h19:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h18:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h17:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h16:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h15:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h14:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h13:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h12:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h11:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h10:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h9:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h7:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Timeline

Added additional fixed versions for PAN-OS 10.2
Added additional fixed versions for PAN-OS 11.1 and PAN-OS 10.2
Initial publication
Terms of usePrivacyProduct Security Assurance and Vulnerability Disclosure PolicyReport vulnerabilitiesManage subscriptions
© 2025 Palo Alto Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.