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A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networksfirewallsis being abused in in-the-wild attacks, researchers are saying.
The company recently found, and fixed, an authentication bypass vulnerability in its PAN-OS firewalls.
This, in turn enables sensitive data exfiltration, firewall configuration tampering, and more.
Now, researchers from the security outlet GreyNoise said they observed attempts to exploit the flaw on unpatched endpoints.
Citing information from Macnica researcher Yutaka Sejiyama,BleepingComputerreported that the attack surface likely counts more than 4,400 devices.
Many SMBs lack dedicated IT teams, leading to misconfigured firewall rules that create vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability, chained with other vulnerabilities like CVE-2024-9474, could allow unauthorized access to unpatched and unsecured firewalls.
