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Vulnerability · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2026-0286PAN-OS: Authenticated Command Injection in CLI

Medium 6.0

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 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 23.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A command injection vulnerability in the management plane of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands as root. The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators. 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 12.1.811.2.0 – before 11.2.1311.1.0 – before 11.1.1610.2.0 – before 10.2.18-h8
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access see references

Weakness: CWE-78 · 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:D/RE:M/U:Amber

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