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Volexity / Palo Alto Networks PSIRT / CISA / Tenable

πŸ“… 2024-03-26 🏒 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect 🦠 UPSTYLE Python backdoor πŸ”Ž CVE-2024-3400
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Incident Details

CVSS 10.0. Threat actor UTA0218 exploited zero-day in PAN-OS GlobalProtect feature allowing unauthenticated OS command execution as root. Affected PAN-OS 10.2, 11.0, 11.1 with GlobalProtect enabled. Exploitation observed from at least March 26 2024. Volexity discovered via anomalous exfiltration at customer site and alerted Palo Alto April 10. Attacker deployed UPSTYLE Python backdoor. Patches released April 14. CISA KEV added same day. Thousands of devices exposed.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
CWE-77: Command Injection via arbitrary file creation in GlobalProtect feature
Vendor / Product
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect
Malware Family
UPSTYLE Python backdoor
CVE / GHSA References
CVE-2024-3400

Timeline

  1. 2024-03-26 Breach occurred
  2. 2024-04-12 Publicly disclosed
  3. 2024-04-12 Customers notified