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Vulnerability · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2026-0309PAN-OS: Authenticated Command Injection in CLI with Luna HSM Configuration

Medium 4.0

In plain English

A medium-severity OS command injection in Cloud NGFW from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)4.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables 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 and the device must be configured with a Luna Hardware Security Module (HSM). The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators. Panorama, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma® Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW see references
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 12.2.0 – before 12.2.312.1.0 – before 12.1.4-h1011.2.0 – before 11.2.4-h2111.1.0 – before 11.1.4-h3610.2.0 – before 10.2.7-h37
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access see references

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/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

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