Around 6,000 internet-accessible Palo Alto Networks firewalls are potentially affected by a critical vulnerability that was recently disclosed. The vulnerability is related to a command injection flaw in the GlobalProtect feature of PAN-OS, the operating system running on Palo Alto Networks appliances.
This vulnerability can be exploited without authentication to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on a vulnerable firewall. Initially, Palo Alto Networks advised that turning off device telemetry would mitigate the risk.
Read more: Thousands of Palo Alto Firewalls Potentially Impacted by Exploited Vulnerability
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