CVE-2026-0261
PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability
At a glance Severity MEDIUM 6.1 EPSS EPSS 1.40 % · percentile 72 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2026-05-13 Updated 2026-10-15 Assigner palo_alto NVD status Analyzed Description 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.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 6.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber palo_alto CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber palo_alto CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 6.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber NVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary) CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.2.7cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.2.8 < 10.2.10cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.2.11 < 10.2.13cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.2.14 < 10.2.16cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h10:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h11:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h12:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h13:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h14:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h15:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h16:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h17:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h18:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h19:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h20:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h21:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h22:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h23:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h24:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h32:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h7:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h9:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h10:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h11:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h12:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h13:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h14:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h17:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h18:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.10:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*+132 more Affected products Product Versions Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW unaffected All Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS affected 12.1.0 < 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h5 ; affected 11.2.0 < 11.2.12, 11.2.10-h6, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.4-h17 ; affected 11.1.0 < 11.1.15, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.4-h33 ; affected 10.2.0 < 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 unaffected All
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