PAN-OS: Authenticated XML External Entities (XXE) Injection Vulnerability

published 2024-11-14 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-47050

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

A blind XML External Entities (XXE) injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate arbitrary files from firewalls to an attacker controlled server. This attack requires network access to the firewall management interface.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.1.10, 10.2.5, 11.0.2, 11.1.0, 11.2.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-24-102-04 updated 2025-05-13 cvss 3.8

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808
affected: vendor fix

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-14)

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
CNA	4.0	5.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Technology feeds

Palo Alto PAN-OS rss critical rss

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2024-5919
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-5919
NVD CVE-2024-5919

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Summary