CVE-2017-15944
Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-08-18 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.
- Published2017-12-11
- Fixed in8.0.6 · 7.1.14 · 7.0.19 · 6.1.19
- WeaknessCWE-119 · CWE-20
Am I affected?
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Description
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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2017-12-1117:29CVE publishedNVD
- 2022-08-18Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
- 2022-08-18Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
- 2022-08-18Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
- 2025-02-0714:05SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP
- 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-15944?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-15944?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | NVD |
| 7.1 | ≥ 7.1.0, < 7.1.14 | 7.1.14 | NVD |
| 7.0 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.19 | 7.0.19 | NVD |
| 6.1 | < 6.1.19 | 6.1.19 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Palo Alto PAN-OS to 8.0.6 · 7.1.14 · 7.0.19 · 6.1.19
- CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-09-08
Advisories and patches
- security.paloaltonetworks.comVendor Advisory
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- 4 repositories, unverifiedxxnbyy/CVE-2017-15944-POCsurajraghuvanshi/PaloAltoRceDetectionAndExploityukar1z0e/CVE-2017-15944P4x1s/PaloAlto_EXP PoC-in-GitHub
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date Added
- 2022-08-18
- Patch Due Date
- 2022-09-08
- Ransomware Use
- Unknown
- Required Action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Sources
- CISA KEVKEV entry2022-08-18
- GCVEexploitation2022-08-18
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2025-02-07
- OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
- CISA-ADPCVSS 3.19.82025-02-07
- NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
- CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-119, CWE-202025-02-07
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score98.3 %read 2026-10-23
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept4read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2017-12-11
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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