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CVE-2017-15944

Critical CVSS 9.8 Known exploited

Published 2017-12-11 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2022-08-18

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2017-15944 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-18. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2017-15944, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and 8.0.x before 8.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the management interface.

Sources

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