Riskcovery

CVE-2026-0257

PAN-OS: GlobalProtect Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
May 13, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Nov 3, 2025

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Description

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the GlobalProtect portal and gateway of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows the attacker to bypass security restrictions and establish an unauthorized VPN connection.

Panorama and Cloud NGFW are not impacted by these issues.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:A/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Redpalo_alto

Weaknesses

  • CWE-565 Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cloud NGFWPalo Alto Networks
  • AllNot affected
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks
  • 12.1.0 to before 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h6Affectedfrom 12.1.7Not affectedfrom 12.1.4-h6Not affected
  • 11.2.0 to before 11.2.12, 11.2.10-h7, 11.2.7-h14, 11.2.4-h17Affectedfrom 11.2.12Not affectedfrom 11.2.10-h7Not affectedfrom 11.2.7-h14Not affectedfrom 11.2.4-h17Not affected
  • 11.1.0 to before 11.1.15, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.4-h33Affectedfrom 11.1.15Not affectedfrom 11.1.13-h5Not affectedfrom 11.1.10-h25Not affectedfrom 11.1.7-h6Not affectedfrom 11.1.6-h32Not affectedfrom 11.1.4-h33Not affected
  • 10.2.0 to before 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34Affectedfrom 10.2.18-h6Not affectedfrom 10.2.16-h7Not affectedfrom 10.2.13-h21Not affectedfrom 10.2.10-h36Not affectedfrom 10.2.7-h34Not affected
Prisma AccessPalo Alto Networks
  • 10.2.0 to before 10.2.10-h36Affectedfrom 10.2.10-h36Not affected
  • 11.2.0 to before 11.2.7-h13Affectedfrom 11.2.7-h13Not affected

References

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