CVE-2018-10140 — The PAN-OS Management Web Interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8

The PAN-OS Management Web Interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier may allow an authenticated user to shut down all management sessions, resulting in all logged in users to be redirected to the login page. PAN-OS 6.1, PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0 are NOT affected.

01What is this vulnerability?

The PAN-OS Management Web Interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier may allow an authenticated user to shut down all management sessions, resulting in all logged in users to be redirected to the login page. PAN-OS 6.1, PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0 are NOT affected.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	PAN	OS — 8.1.2 and earlier

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-08-16T18:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T18:39:24.873Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105107
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041545
• security.paloaltonetworks.com — https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2018-10140