CVE-2026-0261: Multiple command injection vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enable an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions and run…

PriorityP344medium6.1CVSS 4.0

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EPSS

1.34%

67.7th percentile

Multiple command injection vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enable 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 or Web UI. 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 web 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 these vulnerabilities.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 10.2.0 < 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34	10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 11.1.0 < 11.1.15, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.4-h33	11.1.15, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.4-h33
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 11.2.0 < 11.2.12, 11.2.10-h6, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.4-h17	11.2.12, 11.2.10-h6, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.4-h17
palo_alto_networks	pan-os	>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h5	12.1.7, 12.1.4-h5
paloalto	cloud_ngfw	—	—
paloalto	pan-os	—	—
paloalto	prisma_access	—	—

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