CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-0261
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-13
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — 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
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
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.
Affected configurations
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (< 10.2.7)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 10.2.8 < 10.2.10)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 10.2.11 < 10.2.13)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 10.2.14 < 10.2.16)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.10
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.13
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.16
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.17
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.18
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 11.1.0 < 11.1.4)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 11.1.5 < 11.1.6)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 11.1.8 < 11.1.10)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 11.1.11 < 11.1.13)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.4
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.6
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.7
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.10
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.13
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.14
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 11.2.0 < 11.2.4)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 11.2.5 < 11.2.7)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 11.2.8 < 11.2.10)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.2.4
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.2.7
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.2.10
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.2.11
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 12.1.5 < 12.1.7)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os 12.1.4
• siemens ruggedcom ape1808 firmware
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0261 Vendor Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-967325.html Third Party Advisory