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Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

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

Medium 6.0

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW see references
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 12.1.0 – before 12.1.4-h711.2.0 – before 11.2.4-h1811.1.0 – before 11.1.4-h3410.2.0 – before 10.2.7-h35
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access see references

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

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