Palo Alto Device / PAN-OS Detection (HTTP XML-API)
🗓️ 22 Apr 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105262");
script_version("2026-06-26T06:55:50+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-26 06:55:50 +0000 (Fri, 26 Jun 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-04-22 13:23:32 +0200 (Wed, 22 Apr 2015)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_name("Palo Alto Device / PAN-OS Detection (HTTP XML-API)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Product detection");
script_dependencies("gb_paloalto_panos_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("palo_alto/http/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"HTTP XML-API based detection of the Palo Alto devices and the
underlying PAN-OS operating system.");
script_add_preference(name:"API Username: ", value:"", type:"entry", id:1);
script_add_preference(name:"API Password: ", value:"", type:"password", id:2);
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("url_func.inc");
function exit_and_report_fail( port, reason ) {
local_var port, reason;
set_kb_item( name:"palo_alto/xml-api/" + port + "/fail_reason", value:reason );
exit( 0 );
}
if( ! port = get_kb_item( "palo_alto/http/port" ) )
exit( 0 );
user = script_get_preference( "API Username: ", id:1 );
pass = script_get_preference( "API Password: ", id:2 );
if( ! user || ! pass ) {
if( ! user && pass )
exit_and_report_fail( port:port, reason:"API Password provided but API Username missing." );
if( user && ! pass )
exit_and_report_fail( port:port, reason:"API Username provided but API Password missing." );
exit( 0 );
}
url = "/api/?type=keygen&user=" + user + "&password=" + pass;
req = http_get( port:port, item:url );
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req, bodyonly:TRUE );
if( "success" >!< res || "<key>" >!< res ) {
if( reason = egrep( pattern:"<msg>.*</msg>", string:res ) )
exit_and_report_fail( port:port, reason:reason );
if( ! res )
reason = "Empty response received while trying to generate an Access Key via '/api/?type=keygen'.";
else
reason = "Unknown error occurred while trying to generate an Access Key via '/api/?type=keygen'.";
exit_and_report_fail( port:port, reason:reason );
}
match = eregmatch( pattern:"<key>([^<]+)</key>", string:res );
if( isnull( match[1] ) )
exit_and_report_fail( port:port, reason:"Failed to fetch generated Access Key from '/api/?type=keygen'." );
key = urlencode( str:match[1] );
url = "/api/?type=op&cmd=%3Cshow%3E%3Csystem%3E%3Cinfo%3E%3C%2Finfo%3E%3C%2Fsystem%3E%3C%2Fshow%3E&key=" + key;
req = http_get( port:port, item:url );
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req, bodyonly:TRUE );
if( "success" >!< res || "<result>" >!< res ) {
if( reason = egrep( pattern:"<msg>.*</msg>", string:res ) )
exit_and_report_fail( port:port, reason:reason );
if( ! res )
reason = "Empty response received while trying to access '/api/?type=op' via the previously generated Access Key.";
else
reason = "Unknown error occurred while trying to access '/api/?type=op' via the previously generated Access Key.";
exit_and_report_fail( port:port, reason:reason );
}
model = "unknown";
version = "unknown";
set_kb_item( name:"palo_alto/detected", value:TRUE );
set_kb_item( name:"palo_alto/xml-api/detected", value:TRUE );
set_kb_item( name:"palo_alto/xml-api/port", value:port );
set_kb_item( name:"palo_alto/xml-api/" + port + "/concludedUrl",
value:http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:"/api/", url_only:TRUE ) );
# <model>PA-VM</model>
# <model>PA-220</model>
mod = eregmatch( pattern:"<model>([^<]+)</model>", string:res );
if( ! isnull( mod[1] ) ) {
model = mod[1];
concluded = '\n ' + mod[0];
}
# <sw-version>10.2.10-h9</sw-version>
# <sw-version>10.0.0</sw-version>
# <sw-version>8.1.21-h1</sw-version>
vers = eregmatch( pattern:"<sw-version>([^<]+)</sw-version>", string:res );
if( ! isnull( vers[1] ) ) {
version = vers[1];
concluded += '\n ' + vers[0];
}
if( concluded )
set_kb_item( name:"palo_alto/xml-api/" + port + "/concluded", value:concluded );
set_kb_item( name:"palo_alto/xml-api/" + port + "/model", value:model );
set_kb_item( name:"palo_alto/xml-api/" + port + "/version", value:version );
exit( 0 );
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