How severe is CVE-2017-15944?

CVE-2017-15944 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 98.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2017-15944: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-08-18

Remediation due

2022-09-08

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-15944; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15944

Description

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and 8.0.x before 8.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the management interface.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

5 Links

Exploits & PoCs

Vulnerability databases

Other references

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-15944

Record Details

Published

2017-12-11

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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