CVE-2025-4230 HIGH

CVE-2025-4230: PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability Through CLI

Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product PAN-OS
Weakness CWE-78
Published June 12, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

8.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/R:U/V:D/U:Amber

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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. The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators. Cloud NGFW and Prisma® Access are not affected by this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 12, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated