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All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-08T08:09:42.002Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-08T08:09:42.002Z","engine":{"name":"vulnogram","version":"0.1.0-rc1"}},"id":"CVE-2024-9473","initial_release_date":"2024-10-09T16:00:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2024-10-09T09:00:00.000Z","summary":"Initial publication"},{"number":"2","date":"2024-10-14T15:40:00.000Z","summary":"Added a workaround section"},{"number":"3","date":"2024-10-15T07:30:00.000Z","summary":"Added fix version for GlobalProtect app 6.3 to the Product Status table"},{"number":"4","date":"2024-10-23T07:50:00.000Z","summary":"Added fix version for GlobalProtect app 6.0 to the Product Status table"},{"number":"5","date":"2024-10-24T01:22:00.000Z","summary":"Added fix version for GlobalProtect app 6.1 to the Product Status table"},{"number":"6","date":"2025-08-11T09:30:00.000Z","summary":"Corrected GlobalProtect UWP App to not affected. 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