{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"Denial of Service in PAN-OS Management Web Interface "}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2018-8715","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-11T00:33:16.843Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-11T00:33:16.843Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2018-8715","initial_release_date":"2018-07-20T00:30:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-04-10T17:33:16.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2018-8715","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-381","PANW-PAN-OS-388","PANW-PAN-OS-390"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-386","PANW-PAN-OS-387","PANW-PAN-OS-389"],"known_not_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-391"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Palo Alto Networks makes use of a 3rd-party component impacted by CVE-2018-8715. This issue has been confirmed to present a risk for denial of service to the PAN-OS Management Web Interface. (Ref # PAN-93089, CVE-2018-8715)\nA specially crafted HTTP POST request with an invalid “If-modified\" header field may cause a NULL dereference and cause a denial of service condition. This vulnerability can be triggered without login or authentication and could result in a crash of the management service.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 6.1.20 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.16 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.9 and earlier, and PAN-OS 8.1.0.  Global Protect is NOT affected."}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2018-8715","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8715"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2018-8715","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2018-8715"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"Palo Alto Networks makes use of a 3rd-party component impacted by CVE-2018-8715. This issue has been confirmed to present a risk for denial of service to the PAN-OS Management Web Interface. (Ref # PAN-93089, CVE-2018-8715)\nA specially crafted HTTP POST request with an invalid “If-modified\" header field may cause a NULL dereference and cause a denial of service condition. This vulnerability can be triggered without login or authentication and could result in a crash of the management service.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 6.1.20 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.16 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.9 and earlier, and PAN-OS 8.1.0.  Global Protect is NOT affected."}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-386","PANW-PAN-OS-387","PANW-PAN-OS-389"]}]}]}