CVE-2024-3400
Confirmed PUBLISHEDPAN-OS: Arbitrary File Creation Leads to OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect
Recommended Action
Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.
At a Glance
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.
- CVE Published
- Apr 12, 2024
- Exploitation Reported
- Apr 12, 2024
- CVSS
- 10.0 Critical
- EPSS
- 100.0%
Affected Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| paloaltonetworks |
pan-os
|
10.2.0 to < 10.2.9-h1 |
Affected |
| paloaltonetworks |
pan-os
|
11.0.0 to < 11.0.4-h1 |
Affected |
| paloaltonetworks |
pan-os
|
11.1.0 to < 11.1.2-h3 |
Affected |
| Palo Alto Networks |
PAN-OS
|
9.0.0 |
Unaffected |
| Palo Alto Networks |
PAN-OS
|
9.1.0 |
Unaffected |
| Palo Alto Networks |
PAN-OS
|
10.0.0 |
Unaffected |
| Palo Alto Networks |
PAN-OS
|
10.1.0 |
Unaffected |
| Palo Alto Networks |
PAN-OS
|
10.2.0 to < 10.2.9-h1 Changed to unaffected at 10.2.9-h1 |
Affected |
| Palo Alto Networks |
PAN-OS
|
11.0.0 to < 11.0.4-h1 Changed to unaffected at 11.0.4-h1 |
Affected |
| Palo Alto Networks |
PAN-OS
|
11.1.0 to < 11.1.2-h3 Changed to unaffected at 11.1.2-h3 |
Affected |
| Palo Alto Networks |
Cloud NGFW
|
All |
Unaffected |
| Palo Alto Networks |
Prisma Access
|
All |
Unaffected |
CVE References
- Vendor Advisory — security.paloaltonetworks.com security.paloaltonetworks.com · Vendor Advisory https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400
- Technical Description — unit42.paloaltonetworks.com unit42.paloaltonetworks.com · Technical Description https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-3400/
- Technical Description — volexity.com volexity.com · Technical Description https://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-una...
- Technical Description — paloaltonetworks.com paloaltonetworks.com · Technical Description https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2024/04/more-on-the-pan-os-cve/
Recommended Actions
- Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.
- Check enrichment artifacts for scanner coverage and available PoCs before rolling remediation validation.
- Use the Pro API to automate enrichment, telemetry, and workflow delivery for VM, SOC, and CTI pipelines.
Known Exploited Vulnerability Sources
Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.
Per-source evidence links for KEV attestations are available through the KEVIntel Pro API.
Learn about Pro API access| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| CISA First | 2024-04-12 00:00 UTC |
| Tenable Blog | 2026-06-02 14:20 UTC |
| The Shadowserver | 2026-06-28 10:15 UTC |
Scanner Artifacts
Nuclei and Metasploit references linked to this CVE.
| Scanner | Reference | Detected |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-3400.yaml | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Metasploit | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/panos_telemetry_cmd_exec.rb | Apr 28, 2025 |
Virtual Patch
Compensating WAF rules to help reduce exposure to this CVE. Rule content and deployable vendor exports are available with KEVIntel Enterprise.
KEVIntel does not currently have a virtual patch for this CVE. When available, KEVIntel virtual patches ship as deployable ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF rules.
Enterprise feature. Virtual patch rule content and deployable vendor exports (ModSecurity, Cloudflare, AWS WAF) are available to KEVIntel Enterprise users.
CVSS Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation Status
Exploited in the wild
Recorded 2024-04-12 00:00:00 UTC · CISA
Used in malware
Recorded 2024-04-12 00:00:00 UTC · CISA
Proof of concept available
Recorded 2024-04-16 16:18:56 UTC · GitHub
Weaknesses (CWE)
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Improper Input Validation
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Scanner Integrations
| Scanner | Reference | Detected |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/panos_telemetry_cmd_exec.rb | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Nuclei | https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-3400.yaml | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Nessus | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/193255 | Apr 12, 2024 |
Recent Mentions
Tenable Blog · May 27, 2026
Tenable Research has developed a graph-based model linking 600+ threat groups to real-world customer exposures. It reveals which vulnerabilities sit at the intersection of severity, active exploitation, and organizational risk.Key takeawaysThe "patch everything" strategy is dead: Vulnerability prioritization based on exploitation risk offers a path forward. A directed graph model linking 600+ threat actors to vulnerabilities in 7,800 customer environments reveals that 68% of organizations carry at least one CVE previously exploited by a named adversary, and 321 tracked threat groups can reach at least one customer environment through an active vulnerability. Prevalence of "Elite Arsenal" CVEs requires immediate attention: The 242 "Elite Arsenal" CVEs — those meeting all three criteria of critical VPR (≥ 9), CISA KEV listing, and documented threat group exploitation — are nearly universally present across the studied customer base, with 241 of 242 actively detected. More than half are five or more years old, and 78% of the persistently exploited core are simultaneously weaponized by nation-state APTs, commodity malware operators, and ransomware gangs. Non-CVE exposures are universally dangerous: Non-CVE exposures, including misconfigurations, weak credentials, and end-of-life software, are present in virtually 100% of studied organizations, with 60% carrying at least one that maps to a tracked threat actor's preferred techniques. Preliminary modeling suggests these exposures may confer more breach risk than CVE-linked findings, yet no industry-standard scoring infrastructure exists to prioritize them.While the first two posts in this blog series documented the accelerating vulnerability flood and the widening remediation gap, today we answer the outstanding question: Where do these forces actually collide inside customer environments? Using a directed graph model that maps more than 600 tracked threat groups to vulnerabilities observed across 7,800 organizations,...
Tenable Blog · Apr 25, 2025
Timely vulnerability remediation is an ongoing challenge for organizations as they struggle to prioritize the exposures that represent the greatest risk to their operations. Existing scoring systems are invaluable but can lack context. Here’s how Tenable’s Vulnerability Watch classification system can help.BackgroundOver the past six years working in Tenable’s research organization, I’ve watched known vulnerabilities and zero-day flaws plague organizations in the immediate aftermath of disclosure or even years afterwards. Following each blog post or threat report we’ve published, I kept coming back to the same question: Why are so many organizations struggling to remediate vulnerabilities in a timely manner?As someone who followed the evolution of COVID-19 variants throughout the beginning of the pandemic, I saw that the World Health Organization (WHO) began to label new variants under a classification system as the virus began to mutate. This classification system was designed to help prioritization efforts for monitoring and research. It included accessible labels like variants of interest and variants of concern to help communicate urgency and focus global attention.I began to wonder: What if we borrowed from the same type of classification system used by the WHO and applied it to vulnerability intelligence? Numeric-based systems like the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) provide mechanisms for prioritization based on scoring. However, they don’t always provide enough context to help decision makers. So, what if we used simple, clear and status-based terminology to communicate risks surrounding vulnerabilities in order to guide action?This led us to develop Vulnerability Watch, a classification system for vulnerabilities inspired by the WHO’s classification of COVID-19 variants. Vulnerability Watch is a small, but important part of Tenable’s Vulnerability Intelligence offering that was launched in 2024. Now,…
Potential Proof of Concepts
These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.
github · Created 2024-04-27 18:58:41 UTC · 2 stars
Exploit for GlobalProtect CVE-2024-3400
github · Created 2024-04-25 10:23:03 UTC · 4 stars
github · Created 2024-04-24 14:21:26 UTC · 6 stars
Simple honeypot for CVE-2024-3400 Palo Alto PAN-OS Command Injection Vulnerability
github · Created 2024-04-18 16:45:51 UTC · 2 stars
Python script to check Palo Alto firewalls for CVE-2024-3400 exploit attempts
github · Created 2024-04-18 10:16:22 UTC · 5 stars
github · Created 2024-04-17 22:28:10 UTC · 2 stars
CVE-2024-3400 : Palo Alto OS Command Injection - POC
github · Created 2024-04-17 16:01:20 UTC · 9 stars
Global Protec Palo Alto File Write Exploit
github · Created 2024-04-17 11:41:01 UTC · 2 stars
Have we not learnt from HoneyPoC?
github · Created 2024-04-16 21:24:15 UTC · 27 stars
CVE-2024-3400 PAN-OS: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect
github · Created 2024-04-16 21:21:41 UTC · 13 stars
github · Created 2024-04-16 16:18:56 UTC · 87 stars
CVE-2024-3400-RCE
github · Created 2024-04-16 14:18:08 UTC · 157 stars
CVE-2024-3400 Palo Alto OS Command Injection
github · Created 2024-04-16 01:43:24 UTC · 7 stars
CVE-2024-3400 PAN-OS: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect
github · Created 2024-04-14 15:16:16 UTC · 13 stars
github · Created 2024-04-13 11:55:53 UTC · 2 stars
github · Created 2024-04-13 05:16:21 UTC · 9 stars
nuclei · Created Unknown
Timeline
Key exploitation, disclosure, scanner coverage, and KEV attestation events for this CVE.
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10:15 UTC 24 days ago10:15 UTC · 24 days ago
KEV confirmed by The Shadowserver
Exploitation attested by an external source
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14:20 UTC about 2 months ago14:20 UTC · about 2 months ago
KEV confirmed by Tenable Blog
Exploitation attested by an external source
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15:02 UTC about 1 year ago15:02 UTC · about 1 year ago
Metasploit module available
Exploit module available
-
00:00 UTC about 1 year ago00:00 UTC · about 1 year ago
Nuclei template available
Scanner coverage available
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05:16 UTC over 2 years ago05:16 UTC · over 2 years ago
Public PoC available
Public proof-of-concept code published
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10:24 UTC over 2 years ago10:24 UTC · over 2 years ago
Nessus plugin available
Scanner coverage available
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07:20 UTC over 2 years ago07:20 UTC · over 2 years ago
CVE published
Vulnerability disclosed publicly
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00:00 UTC over 2 years ago00:00 UTC · over 2 years ago
Added to CISA KEV
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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00:00 UTC over 2 years ago00:00 UTC · over 2 years ago
First public exploitation report
Exploit observed in malware
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17:40 UTC over 2 years ago17:40 UTC · over 2 years ago
CVE ID reserved
Identifier reserved by the CNA
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