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CVE-2025-4231 — PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability in the Management Web Interface

CVE-2025-4231 · PAN-OS · CVSS 7.2

In brief

Severity · CVSS
High7.2CVSS 3.1, High
EPSS
0.98%
CISA KEV
Not listed
Products
PAN-OS
Published · Modified
·
Last verified

Summary

A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® enables an authenticated administrative user to perform actions as the root user. The attacker must have network access to the management web interface and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-77

Title, description and the vendor's statements are quoted from the CVE record; a vendor's advisory is summarised in Patcharo's words, with a link.

Affected and fixed versions

Per product and release branch, as the vendor's CVE record and official advisory state them. A fixed release is shown only when a document names it: the vendor's, or CERT-FR's for Check Point, with its source.

2 branches with a published fixed release · 1 branch without a precise fixed release

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Source: CVE-2025-4231

  1. 11.2Approaching end of support
    Affected versionsNot affected
    First fixed release—
  2. 11.1Approaching end of support
    Affected versionsNot affected
    First fixed release—
  3. 11.0End of life
    Affected versions>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.3
    First fixed release11.0.3
  4. 10.2End of life
    Affected versions>= 10.2.0, < 10.2.8
    First fixed release10.2.8
  5. 10.1End of life
    Affected versions>= 10.1.0
    First fixed releaseNot published in the sources followed

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Remediation

Fix available

Vendor fix

  • PAN-OS 11.011.0.3
  • PAN-OS 10.210.2.8

Upgrade to a fixed release listed above for your branch, or to a later fixed release the vendor explicitly supports.

Version Minor Version Suggested Solution PAN-OS 11.2 No action needed.PAN-OS 11.1 No action needed. PAN-OS 11.0* 11.0.0 through 11.0.2 Upgrade to 11.0.3 or later. PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.0 through 10.2.7 Upgrade to 10.2.8 or later.

Full text

PAN-OS 10.1Upgrade to 10.2.8 or 11.0.3 or later.All older unsupported PAN-OS versions Upgrade to a supported fixed version. *PAN-OS 11.0 has reached EoL. We listed it here for completeness because a patch for PAN-OS 11.0 was released before it reached EoL. If you are still using any vulnerable EoL versions, we strongly recommend that you upgrade to a supported fixed PAN-OS version.

SourcePalo Alto Networks (CVE record)

Mitigation (vendor)

Recommended mitigation—The vast majority of firewalls already follow Palo Alto Networks and industry best practices. However, if you have not already, we strongly recommend that you secure access to your management interface according to our

Full text

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 * Palo Alto Networks official and detailed technical documentation: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices

SourcePalo Alto Networks (CVE record)

CERT-FR recommendation

Refer to the vendor's security bulletin to obtain patches (see Documentation section).

SourceCERTFR-2025-AVI-0505

Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 09:32 UTC

Known exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV as of the last check.

0.98% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 61%).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CERT-FR

1 document of the French national CERT (ANSSI) references this CVE.

Advisory (AVI)CERTFR-2025-AVI-0505Published 12 Jun 2025

Multiple vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks products

Remote arbitrary code executionNot specified by the vendorSecurity policy bypassPrivilege escalation

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Palo Alto Networks products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, and security policy bypass. Palo Alto Networks is aware of a proof of concept for the vulnerability CVE-2025-4232.

Recommendation

Refer to the vendor's security bulletin to obtain patches (see Documentation section).

Official document on cert.ssi.gouv.frread by Patcharo 28 Sept 2026 at 20:04 UTCMachine translation of the French text published by CERT-FR; a text whose translation did not pass Patcharo's checks stays in French. Identifiers, versions and links are copied unchanged.

Timeline

  1. Published by the source
  2. Source record last modified
  3. EPSS score computed
  4. Last verified by Patcharo

Official sources

Vendor advisory

Palo Alto Networks · NVD · FIRST EPSS

How Patcharo reads this

Affected and fixed releases come from the vendor's structured statements and are matched against exact versions; CVSS from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV and the vendor's own advisory, probability from FIRST EPSS. Missing data stays Unknown and never becomes Not affected.

Read the methodologyRead the guide: PAN-OS versions explained: release lines, maintenance releases and the -h1, -h2, -h3 suffixes

Related vulnerabilities

Other records affecting the same products, newest first.

  • CVE-2026-0301PAN-OS: Information Disclosure Vulnerability in URL FilteringHigh
  • CVE-2026-0280PAN-OS: IPv6 Firewall Policy BypassHigh
  • CVE-2026-0281PAN-OS: Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Management Web InterfaceHigh
  • CVE-2026-0283PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Large Scale VPN (LSVPN)High
  • CVE-2026-0284PAN-OS: XML Injection Vulnerability in Large Scale VPN (LSVPN)Critical

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