High severity · published Aug 10, 2022
CVE-2022-0028
PAN-OS: Reflected Amplification Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability in URL Filtering
In wildKEV
8.6
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
A PAN-OS URL filtering policy misconfiguration could allow a network-based attacker to conduct reflected and amplified TCP denial-of-service (RDoS) attacks. The DoS attack would appear to originate from a Palo Alto Networks PA-Series (hardware), VM-Series (virtual) and CN-Series (container) firewall against an attacker-specified target. To be misused by an external attacker, the firewall configuration must have a URL filtering profile with one or more blocked categories assigned to a source zone that has an external facing interface. This configuration is not typical for URL filtering and, if set, is likely unintended by the administrator. If exploited, this issue would not impact the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our products. However, the resulting denial-of-service (DoS) attack may help obfuscate the identity of the attacker and implicate the firewall as the source of the attack. We have taken prompt action to address this issue in our PAN-OS software. All software updates for this issue are expected to be released no later than the week of August 15, 2022. This issue does not impact Panorama M-Series or Panorama virtual appliances. This issue has been resolved for all Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access customers and no additional action is required from them.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Aug 22, 2022
Federal remediation dueSep 12, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks
8.1 before 8.1.23-h1; 9.0 before 9.0.16-h3; 9.1 before 9.1.14-h4; 10.0 before 10.0.11-h1; 10.1 before 10.1.6-h6; 10.2 before 10.2.2-h2 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0028
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0028
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
x_refsource_MISC
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0028
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