CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-0028

8.6 HIGH Known exploited Published 2022-08-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Reflected Amplification Denial-of-Service Vulnerability — Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

A Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS URL filtering policy misconfiguration could allow a network-based attacker to conduct reflected and amplified TCP denial-of-service (RDoS) attacks.

Added to KEV
2022-08-22
Remediation due
2022-09-12
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0028; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0028
Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-08-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-406

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.

Affected configurations

• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.23) • paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.16) • paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 9.1.0 < 9.1.14) • paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.11) • paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 10.1.0 < 10.1.6) • paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 10.2.0 < 10.2.2) • paloaltonetworks pan-os 8.1.23 • paloaltonetworks pan-os 9.0.16 • paloaltonetworks pan-os 9.1.14 • paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.0.11 • paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.1.6 • paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-406 Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification) weakness

References