Palo Alto Networks has issued a critical severity security advisory for an authentication bypass vulnerability, known as CVE-2024-0012, affecting the PAN-OS management web interface.
CVE-2024-0012 has a CVSSv4 score of 9.3 when access is allowed to the management interface from external IP addresses on the internet. However, if access is restricted to a jump box that is the only system allowed to access the management interface, the CVSSv4 score would be reduced to 5.9.
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Source: NHS Digital
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