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CVE-2023-6792

PAN-OS: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in the XML API

At a glance

Severity
MEDIUM 5.5
EPSS
EPSS 1.15 % · percentile 67 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
palo_alto
NVD status
Modified

Description

An OS command injection vulnerability in the XML API of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated API user to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with limited privileges on the firewall.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Npalo_alto
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NNVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OSaffected 8.1 < 8.1.24 ; affected 9.0 < 9.0.17 ; affected 9.1 < 9.1.15 ; affected 10.0 < 10.0.12 ; affected 10.1 < 10.1.6 ; unaffected 10.2 < All
Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Accessunaffected All
Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFWunaffected All

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD