CVE-2026-0286
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with an admin-level account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.0 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-78 · OS command injection
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Paloaltonetworks pan-os < 10.2.7
- Paloaltonetworks pan-os < 10.2.10
- Paloaltonetworks pan-os < 10.2.13
- Paloaltonetworks pan-os < 10.2.16
- Paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7
- Paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.10
- Paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.13
- Paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.16
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 6.0
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
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