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CVE-2026-0286

MEDIUM
6.0
CVSS 4.0
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-0286
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
palo_alto
Reserved
2025-11-03 20:44 UTC
Published
2026-07-09 18:56 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-09 19:26 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-78
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a…
Vendor / Product
Palo Alto Networks / Cloud NGFW
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

6.0 MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
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/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (3)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW — All
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS — 12.1.0 < 12.1.8, 11.2.0 < 11.2.13, 11.1.0 < 11.1.16, 10.2.0 < 10.2.18-h8
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access — All
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-78 cna CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
6.0 MEDIUM 4.0 cna 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/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
References (1)
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