Firewall Fiasco: Palo Alto Networks Denies Eclypsium’s Security Claims
Palo Alto Networks firewalls have been flagged by Eclypsium for BIOS and bootloader vulnerabilities. Palo Alto Networks is on patch patrol, emphasizing that most issues are tricky to exploit or irrelevant to its products. So, unless hackers have a VIP pass to system privileges, these firewalls aren’t opening any backdoors to the wild side.
Hot Take:
When firewalls have more holes than Swiss cheese, Eclypsium steps in to point out the obvious: even your trusty cyber guard dogs need a firmware muzzle. Meanwhile, Palo Alto Networks seems to be saying, “We heard you, but our firewalls are more like ‘fire suggestions’ at best.” Let’s hope their patches are more effective than a Band-Aid on a sinking ship!
Key Points:
- Eclypsium discovered BIOS and bootloader vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks firewalls.
- Palo Alto Networks argues that most vulnerabilities are hard to exploit or don’t affect their products.
- The BootHole vulnerability allows bypassing Secure Boot, but needs high-level access.
- Eclypsium suggests combining recent PAN-OS vulnerabilities could grant necessary permissions.
- Palo Alto Networks is working on patches and denies some vulnerabilities affect their products.
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