PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) via Malformed NTLM Packets
At a glance
Severity
HIGH 7.5
EPSS
EPSS 0.89 % · percentile 59 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
palo_alto
NVD status
Analyzed
Description
A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables a remote attacker to reboot PAN-OS firewalls when receiving Windows New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) packets from Windows servers. Repeated attacks eventually cause the firewall to enter maintenance mode, which requires manual intervention to bring the firewall back online.