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CVE-2024-8687 — PAN-OS: Cleartext Exposure of GlobalProtect Portal Passcodes

CVE-2024-8687 · PAN-OS · CVSS 7.1

In brief

Severity · CVSS
High7.1CVSS 3.1, High
EPSS
0.41%
CISA KEV
Not listed
CERT-FR
No advisory or alert referenced in the catalog
Products
PAN-OS
Published · Modified
·
Last verified

Summary

An information exposure vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that enables a GlobalProtect end user to learn both the configured GlobalProtect uninstall password and the configured disable or disconnect passcode. After the password or passcode is known, end users can uninstall, disable, or disconnect GlobalProtect even if the GlobalProtect app configuration would not normally permit them to do so.

Weakness: CWE-497

Title, description and the vendor's statements are quoted from the CVE record; a vendor's advisory is summarised in Patcharo's words, with a link.

Affected and fixed versions

Per product and release branch, as the vendor's CVE record and official advisory state them. A fixed release is shown only when a document names it: the vendor's, or CERT-FR's for Check Point, with its source.

12 branches with a published fixed release · 1 branch without a precise fixed release

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Source: CVE-2024-8687

  1. 11.2Approaching end of support
    Affected versionsNot affected
    First fixed release—
  2. 11.1Approaching end of support
    Affected versionsNot affected
    First fixed release—
  3. 11.0End of life
    Affected versions>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.1
    First fixed release11.0.1
  4. 10.2End of life
    Affected versions>= 10.2.0, < 10.2.4
    First fixed release10.2.4
  5. 10.1End of life
    Affected versions>= 10.1.0, < 10.1.9
    First fixed release10.1.9
  6. 10.0End of life
    Affected versions>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.12
    First fixed release10.0.12
  7. 9.1End of life
    Affected versions>= 9.1.0, < 9.1.16
    First fixed release9.1.16
  8. 9.0End of life
    Affected versions>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.17
    First fixed release9.0.17
  9. 8.1End of life
    Affected versions>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.25
    First fixed release8.1.25

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App

Source: CVE-2024-8687

  1. 6.3
    Affected versionsNot affected
    First fixed release—
  2. 6.2
    Affected versions>= 6.2.0, < 6.2.1
    First fixed release6.2.1
  3. 6.1
    Affected versions>= 6.1.0, < 6.1.2
    First fixed release6.1.2
  4. 6.0
    Affected versions>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.7
    First fixed release6.0.7
  5. 5.2
    Affected versions>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.13
    First fixed release5.2.13
  6. 5.1
    Affected versions>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.12
    First fixed release5.1.12

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

Source: CVE-2024-8687

  1. 10.2
    Affected versionsListed as affected, releases not specified
    First fixed releaseNot published in the sources followed

No precise fixed release is published for this product in the sources Patcharo follows.

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Remediation

Fix available

Vendor fix

  • PAN-OS 11.011.0.1
  • PAN-OS 10.210.2.4
  • PAN-OS 10.110.1.9
  • PAN-OS 10.010.0.12
  • PAN-OS 9.19.1.16
  • PAN-OS 9.09.0.17
  • PAN-OS 8.18.1.25
  • GlobalProtect App 6.26.2.1
  • GlobalProtect App 6.16.1.2
  • GlobalProtect App 6.06.0.7
  • GlobalProtect App 5.25.2.13
  • GlobalProtect App 5.15.1.12

Upgrade to a fixed release listed above for your branch, or to a later fixed release the vendor explicitly supports.

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.25, PAN-OS 9.0.17, PAN-OS 9.1.16, PAN-OS 10.0.12, PAN-OS 10.1.9, PAN-OS 10.2.4, PAN-OS 11.0.1, and all later PAN-OS versions. It is also fixed in Prisma Access 10.2.9 and all later Prisma Access versions.

Full text

To maintain GlobalProtect app functionality for the vulnerable features, we released a corresponding software update for GlobalProtect app 5.1.12, GlobalProtect app 5.2.13, GlobalProtect app 6.0.7, GlobalProtect app 6.1.2, and GlobalProtect app 6.2.1, and all later GlobalProtect app versions. To maintain the ability for end users to use the uninstall password feature and the disable or disconnect passcode feature, you must ensure that you upgrade all GlobalProtect app deployments to a fixed version before you upgrade your PAN-OS software to a fixed version. All fixed versions of GlobalProtect are backwards compatible with vulnerable versions of PAN-OS …

SourcePalo Alto Networks (CVE record)

Mitigation (vendor)

Change the following two settings (if enabled) to "Allow with Ticket": * Network > GlobalProtect > Portals > > Agent > > App > Allow User to Disable GlobalProtect App * Network > GlobalProtect > Portals > > Agent > > App > Allow user to disconnect GlobalProtect App Change the following setting (if enabled) to

Full text

"Disallow": * Network > GlobalProtect > Portals > > Agent > > App > Allow User to Uninstall GlobalProtect App

SourcePalo Alto Networks (CVE record)

Vendor advisory

Sourcehttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8687

Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 13:37 UTC

Known exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV as of the last check.

0.41% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 33%).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CERT-FR

No CERT-FR advisory or alert of the last two years references this CVE, for the vendors Patcharo covers.

Timeline

  1. Published by the source
  2. Source record last modified
  3. EPSS score computed
  4. Last verified by Patcharo

Official sources

References

Palo Alto Networks · NVD · FIRST EPSS

How Patcharo reads this

Affected and fixed releases come from the vendor's structured statements and are matched against exact versions; CVSS from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV and the vendor's own advisory, probability from FIRST EPSS. Missing data stays Unknown and never becomes Not affected.

Read the methodologyRead the guide: PAN-OS versions explained: release lines, maintenance releases and the -h1, -h2, -h3 suffixes

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