CVE-2026-0265
PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass with Cloud Authentication Service (CAS) enabled
At a glance Severity HIGH 7.2 EPSS EPSS 1.05 % · percentile 64 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2026-05-13 Updated 2026-10-15 Assigner palo_alto NVD status Analyzed Description An authentication bypass vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to bypass authentication controls when Cloud Authentication Service (CAS) is enabled.
The risk is higher if CAS is enabled on the management interface and lower when any other login interfaces are used.
The risk of this issue is greatly reduced if you secure access to the management web interface by restricting access 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 this vulnerability.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 4.0 HIGH 7.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/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:Red palo_alto CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/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 LOW 2.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber palo_alto CVSS 4.0 HIGH 7.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/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:D/RE:M/U:Red NVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary) CVSS 3.1 HIGH 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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:*:*:*:*:*:*+134 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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