PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) via Malformed NTLM Packets
- Severity
- High7.5CVSS 3.1, High
- Known exploited
- Not listed
- Exploit prediction
- 0.89%
- Published
- 10 Apr 2024Updated 17 Jun 2026 · Last verified 29 Sept 2026
Known remediation
Fixed releases per branch, as the vendor states them. Patcharo never infers a fix.
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Vendor advisory- 10.010.0.12
- 9.19.1.15-h1
- 9.09.0.17
- 8.18.1.24
Workaround / Vendor remediation
Vendor remediation · PAN-OS
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.24, PAN-OS 9.0.17, PAN-OS 9.1.15-h1, PAN-OS 10.0.12, and all later PAN-OS versions.
Description
Title, description and vendor guidance are quoted from the source records.
A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables a remote attacker to reboot PAN-OS firewalls when receiving Windows New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) packets from Windows servers. Repeated attacks eventually cause the firewall to enter maintenance mode, which requires manual intervention to bring the firewall back online.
Weakness: CWE-1286
Known exploited
Not listed in CISA KEV as of the last check.
Exploit prediction
0.89% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 58%).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
What the source states, per branch
Versions matched by Patcharo
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OSSource: Palo Alto Networks (CVE record)
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.12 | 10.0.12 |
| 9.1 | >= 9.1.0, < 9.1.15-h1 | 9.1.15-h1 |
| 9.0 | >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.17 | 9.0.17 |
| 8.1 | >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.24 | 8.1.24 |
Versions not listed are stated unaffected by the vendor.
References
Provenance
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- Palo Alto Networks (CVE record)
- Palo Alto Networks (CVE record) · 29 Sept 2026 at 06:17 UTC · Parser patcharo-cve5/1.1.0
- NVD
- NVD · 27 Sept 2026 at 23:44 UTC · Parser patcharo-nvd/1.0.0
- FIRST EPSS
- FIRST EPSS · 30 Sept 2026 at 00:17 UTC · Parser patcharo-epss/1.0.0
Last verified: 29 Sept 2026 at 06:17 UTC