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CVE-2026-0272 — PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Command Line Interface (CLI)

CVE-2026-0272 · PAN-OS · CVSS 7.2

In brief

Severity · CVSS
High7.2CVSS 3.1, High
EPSS
0.26%
CISA KEV
Not listed
Products
PAN-OS
Published · Modified
·
Last verified

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows an authenticated administrator with access to the Command Line Interface (CLI) to perform actions on the device with root privileges. 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 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 this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-863

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.

4 branches with a published fixed release

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Source: CVE-2026-0272

  1. 12.1
    Affected versions>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.4-h7
    First fixed release12.1.4-h712.1.5
  2. 11.2Approaching end of support
    Affected versions>= 11.2.0, < 11.2.4-h18>= 11.2.5, < 11.2.7-h16>= 11.2.8, < 11.2.10-h9
    First fixed release11.2.4-h1811.2.7-h1611.2.10-h911.2.11
  3. 11.1Approaching end of support
    Affected versions>= 11.1.0, < 11.1.4-h34>= 11.1.5, < 11.1.6-h33>= 11.1.7, < 11.1.7-h7>= 11.1.8, < 11.1.10-h27>= 11.1.11, < 11.1.13-h7
    First fixed release11.1.4-h3411.1.6-h3311.1.7-h711.1.10-h2711.1.13-h711.1.14
  4. 10.2End of life
    Affected versions>= 10.2.0, < 10.2.7-h35>= 10.2.8, < 10.2.10-h37>= 10.2.11, < 10.2.13-h22>= 10.2.14, < 10.2.16-h8>= 10.2.17, < 10.2.18-h5
    First fixed release10.2.7-h3510.2.10-h3710.2.13-h2210.2.16-h810.2.18-h5

Releases the vendor does not list are not affected.

Remediation

Fix available

Vendor fix

  • PAN-OS 12.112.1.4-h7, 12.1.5
  • PAN-OS 11.211.2.4-h18, 11.2.7-h16, 11.2.10-h9, 11.2.11
  • PAN-OS 11.111.1.4-h34, 11.1.6-h33, 11.1.7-h7, 11.1.10-h27, 11.1.13-h7, 11.1.14
  • PAN-OS 10.210.2.7-h35, 10.2.10-h37, 10.2.13-h22, 10.2.16-h8, 10.2.18-h5

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

VERSION MINOR VERSION RANGE SUGGESTED SOLUTION Cloud NGFW No action needed. PAN-OS 12.1 12.1.2 through 12.1.4-h* Upgrade to 12.1.4-h7 or 12.1.5 or later. PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.8 through 11.2.10-h* Upgrade to 11.2.10-h9 or 11.2.11 or later. 11.2.5 through 11.2.7-h* Upgrade to 11.2.7-h16 or 11.2.11 or later.

Full text

11.2.0 through 11.2.4-h* Upgrade to 11.2.4-h18 or 11.2.11 or later. PAN-OS 11.1 11.1.11 through 11.1.13-h* Upgrade to 11.1.13-h7 or 11.1.14 or later. 11.1.7 through 11.1.10-h* Upgrade to 11.1.10-h27 or 11.1.14 or later. 11.1.5 through 11.1.6-h* Upgrade to 11.1.6-h33 or 11.1.14 or later. 11.1.0 through 11.1.4-h* Upgrade to 11.1.4-h34 or 11.1.14 or later. PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.17 through 10.2.18-h* Upgrade to 10.2.18-h5 or later. 10.2.14 through 10.2.16-h* Upgrade to 10.2.16-h8 or 10.2.18-h5 or later. 10.2.11 through 10.2.13-h* Upgrade to 10.2.13-h22 or 10.2.18-h5 or later. 10.2.8 through 10.2.10…

SourcePalo Alto Networks (CVE record)

Mitigation (vendor)

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 best practice deployment guidelines

Full text

(https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431). Specifically, you should restrict management interface access to only trusted internal IP addresses. Review information about how to secure management access to your Palo Alto Networks firewalls: * Palo Alto Networks LIVEcommunity article (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-ac…

SourcePalo Alto Networks (CVE record)

CERT-FR recommendation

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

SourceCERTFR-2026-AVI-0734

Last verified 1 Oct 2026 at 09:32 UTC

Known exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV as of the last check.

0.26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 16%).

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-2026-AVI-0734Published 11 Jun 2026

Multiple vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks products

Remote denial of serviceRemote cross-site scripting (XSS)Remote arbitrary code executionNot specified by the vendorSecurity policy bypassData confidentiality breachPrivilege 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 remote denial of service.

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 20:03 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

References

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

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