CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-9458

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Sep 07, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the GlobalProtect internal and external gateway interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.18, 7.0.x before 7.0.17, 7.1.x before 7.1.12, and 8.0.x before 8.0.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via unspecified vectors.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks * 6.1.17 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.0 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.1 (including) 7.0.1 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.2 (including) 7.0.2 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.3 (including) 7.0.3 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.4 (including) 7.0.4 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.5 (including) 7.0.5 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.6 (including) 7.0.6 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.7 (including) 7.0.7 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.8 (including) 7.0.8 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.9 (including) 7.0.9 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.10 (including) 7.0.10 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.11 (including) 7.0.11 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.0.12 (including) 7.0.12 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.0 (including) 7.1.0 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.1 (including) 7.1.1 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.2 (including) 7.1.2 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.3 (including) 7.1.3 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.4 (including) 7.1.4 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.5 (including) 7.1.5 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.6 (including) 7.1.6 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.7 (including) 7.1.7 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.8 (including) 7.1.8 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.9 (including) 7.1.9 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.10 (including) 7.1.10 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 7.1.11 (including) 7.1.11 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 8.0.0 (including) 8.0.0 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 8.0.1 (including) 8.0.1 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 8.0.2 (including) 8.0.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References