Palo Alto Networks warns users about dangerous security threats that compromise firewalls

• Palo Alto Networks says it is aware of claims about flaws in the firewalls
• The company advises users to exercise extra caution and tighten security
• A patch will be deployed once more details about the bug are found

Palo Alto Networks has revealed that it recently became aware of a suspected vulnerability in its firewall offering that could allow threat actors to remotely execute malicious code.

Because it doesn’t know the details of the flaw and hasn’t seen any evidence of exploitation in the wild, the company says it doesn’t have a patch ready yet, but that it was “aware of a claim” of a vulnerability at executing remote code in the PAN-OS management interface and as a result has started actively monitoring for signs of abuse.