A Denial of Service vulnerability in the DNS Security feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated attacker to send a malicious packet through the data plane of the firewall that reboots the firewall. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition will cause the firewall to enter maintenance mode.
Actively exploited: CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 30 Dec 2024.
Severity
High 8.7
Published
27 Dec 2024
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
11.2.3
Sources
NVD
Affected software
Software
Affected versions
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OSServers and applications · cpe:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os
From 11.2.0 before 11.2.3
Version 11.1.4-h4
Version 11.1.4-h1
Version 11.1.4
All 59 release lines
Version 10.1.14
Version 10.1.14-h2
Version 10.1.14-h4
Version 10.1.14-h6
Version 10.2.8
Version 10.2.8-h3
Version 10.2.8-h4
Version 10.2.8-h10
Version 10.2.8-h13
Version 10.2.8-h15
Version 10.2.8-h18
Version 10.2.9
Version 10.2.9-h1
Version 10.2.9-h9
Version 10.2.9-h11
Version 10.2.9-h14
Version 10.2.9-h16
Version 10.2.9-h18
Version 10.2.10
Version 10.2.10-h2
Version 10.2.10-h3
Version 10.2.10-h4
Version 10.2.10-h5
Version 10.2.10-h7
Version 10.2.10-h9
Version 10.2.10-h10
Version 10.2.11
Version 10.2.11-h1
Version 10.2.11-h2
Version 10.2.11-h3
Version 10.2.11-h4
Version 10.2.11-h6
Version 10.2.11-h9
Version 10.2.12
Version 10.2.12-h1
Version 10.2.12-h2
Version 10.2.12-h3
Version 10.2.13
Version 10.2.13-h1
From 11.1.0 up to 11.1.1
Version 11.1.2
Version 11.1.2-h1
Version 11.1.2-h3
Version 11.1.2-h4
Version 11.1.2-h9
Version 11.1.2-h12
Version 11.1.2-h14
Version 11.1.2-h15
Version 11.1.3
Version 11.1.3-h1
Version 11.1.3-h2
Version 11.1.3-h4
Version 11.1.3-h6
Version 11.1.3-h10
Version 11.1.3-h11
Version 11.1.4
Version 11.1.4-h1
Version 11.1.4-h4
From 11.2.0 before 11.2.3
Known exploited
CISA name
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Malicious DNS Packet Vulnerability
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.