CVE-2024-3400

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-04-12. Federal remediation due 2024-04-19. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

10.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-04-12 07:20Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-04-05

Assigning CNA

palo_alto

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 10.0)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b51be2cdb26f2b18540a8d84f191f1a4b2f57d1eb526ecf93917702b7569ff78

• security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400vendor-advisory
• unit42.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2024-3400/technical-description
• www.volexity.comhttps://www.volexity.com/blog/2024/04/12/zero-day-exploitation-of-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-cve-2024-3400/technical-description
• www.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2024/04/more-on-the-pan-os-cve/technical-description
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-3400government-resource