CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-5919

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Nov 14, 2024 | Modified: Jan 24, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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A blind XML External Entities (XXE) injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate arbitrary files from firewalls to an attacker controlled server. This attack requires network access to the firewall management interface.

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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Pan-osPaloaltonetworks10.1.0 (including)10.1.10 (excluding)
Pan-osPaloaltonetworks10.2.0 (including)10.2.5 (excluding)
Pan-osPaloaltonetworks11.0.0 (including)11.0.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References