Palo Alto Networks warns users of dangerous security threat affecting firewalls

• Palo Alto Networks says it’s aware of claims of flaws in the firewalls
• Company is advising users to be extra cautious and tighten up on security
• A patch will be deployed when more details about the bug are found

Palo Alto Networks has revealed it was recently made aware of an alleged vulnerability in its firewall offering which could allow threat actors to remotely execute malicious code.

Since it doesn’t know the details of the flaw, and is yet to see any evidence of in-the-wild abuse, the company says it doesn’t have a patch lined up just yet, but said it was “aware of a claim” of a remote code execution vulnerability in the PAN-OS management interface and has, as a result, started actively monitoring for signs of exploitation.