Riskcovery

CVE-2026-0286

PAN-OS: Authenticated Command Injection in CLI

State
Published
Severity
6.0 Medium
Published
Jul 9, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Nov 3, 2025

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Description

A command injection vulnerability in the management plane of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands as root.

The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators.

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 this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.0 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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 12.1.8Affectedfrom 12.1.8Not affectedfrom 12.1.7-h2Not affectedfrom 12.1.4-h8Not affected
  • 11.2.0 to before 11.2.13Affectedfrom 11.2.13Not affectedfrom 11.2.10-h11Not affectedfrom 11.2.7-h18Not affectedfrom 11.2.4-h20Not affected
  • 11.1.0 to before 11.1.16Affectedfrom 11.1.16Not affectedfrom 11.1.13-h9Not affectedfrom 11.1.10-h30Not affectedfrom 11.1.7-h8Not affectedfrom 11.1.6-h35Not affectedfrom 11.1.4-h35Not affected
  • 10.2.0 to before 10.2.18-h8Affectedfrom 10.2.18-h8Not affectedfrom 10.2.16-h9Not affectedfrom 10.2.13-h23Not affectedfrom 10.2.10-h39Not affectedfrom 10.2.7-h36Not affected
Prisma AccessPalo Alto Networks
  • AllNot affected

References

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