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Analysis · May 8, 2026 · The Commentary Desk

Three root shells in seven months. All from the same firewall.

CVE-2024-3400, CVE-2024-0012, and CVE-2024-9474 gave attackers unauthenticated root on Palo Alto firewalls twice in 2024. The pattern isn't bad luck. It's the architecture.