Riskcovery

CVE-2026-0261

PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
6.1 Medium
Published
May 13, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Nov 3, 2025

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Description

Multiple command injection vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enable an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions and run arbitrary commands as a root user. To be able to exploit this issue, the user must have access to the PAN-OS CLI or Web UI.

The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators and by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practice deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 .

This issue is applicable to PAN-OS software on PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls and on Panorama (virtual and M-Series).

Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access® are not impacted by these vulnerabilities.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.1 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amberpalo_alto
4.05.7 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amberpalo_alto

Weaknesses

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cloud NGFWPalo Alto Networks
  • AllNot affected
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks
  • 12.1.0 to before 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h5Affectedfrom 12.1.7Not affectedfrom 12.1.4-h5Not affected
  • 11.2.0 to before 11.2.12, 11.2.10-h6, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.4-h17Affectedfrom 11.2.12Not affectedfrom 11.2.10-h6Not affectedfrom 11.2.7-h13Not 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
  • AllNot affected

References

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