An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 web interface allows a network-based attacker with specific knowledge of the target firewall or Panorama appliance to impersonate an existing PAN-OS administrator and perform privileged actions.
Fixes

Solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.24 and all later PAN-OS versions. Please note that PAN-OS 8.1 has reached its software end-of-life (EoL) and is supported only on PA-200, PA-500, and PA-5000 Series firewalls and on M-100 appliances and only until each of their respective hardware EoL dates: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/support/end-of-life-announcements/hardware-end-of-life-dates.html.


Workaround

Customers with a Threat Prevention subscription can block known attacks for this vulnerability by enabling Threat ID 92720 (Applications and Threats content update 8630-7638). To exploit this issue, the attacker must have network access to the PAN-OS web interface. You can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS web interface. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices.

History

Thu, 15 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-15T14:00:04.162Z

Reserved: 2021-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-0030

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:18:41.402Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-12T17:15:10.493

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:51.437

Link: CVE-2022-0030

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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