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CVE-2026-0261

PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h5, 11.2.12, 11.2.10-h6, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.4-h17, 11.1.15, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.4-h33, 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW

    Version range not reported

  • Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

    From 12.1.0 · fixed in 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h5; From 11.2.0 · fixed in 11.2.12, 11.2.10-h6, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.4-h17; From 11.1.0 · fixed in 11.1.15, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.4-h33; From 10.2.0 · fixed in 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34

  • Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

    Version range not reported

References 1

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