Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-3384

Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os 8.1.0 – 8.1.24

Published
10 April 2024
Modified
24 January 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0089 56th percentile
Risk Priority 59 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-3384 is a high-severity Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input (CWE-1286) vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 44% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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…

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manual intervention to bring the firewall back online.

CWE(s)
CWE-1286NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-0285Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2024-5917Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2024-2552Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2026-0283Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2024-3386Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2024-0012Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2025-0108Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2024-5919Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2023-38046Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2019-1579Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os

Affected Assets

paloaltonetworks
pan-os
9.1.15 · 8.1.0 — 8.1.24 · 9.0.0 — 9.0.17 · 9.1.0 — 9.1.15

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.1.1
  • V1.4.2
  • V2.1.1
  • V2.2.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

SI-10 requires validation of information inputs for correctness, directly stopping syntactic validation failures from being introduced or exploitable.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require syntactic input validation to prevent malformed data handling.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development catches missing or incorrect syntax validation.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation to ensure syntactic correctness.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for validation of input syntax.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce the likelihood of missing syntactic checks.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require proper syntactic validation of all inputs.

References