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Improper Neutralization of Wildcards or Matching Symbols

CVE-2024-8688

Medium
6.7/10

Summary

An improper neutralization of matching symbols vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS command line interface (CLI) enables authenticated administrators (including read-only administrators) with access to the CLI to to read arbitrary files on the firewall.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-155 - Improper Neutralization of Wildcards or Matching Symbols

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as wildcards or matching symbols when they are sent to a downstream component.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published