CVE-2026-0272 MEDIUM

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

Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product PAN-OS
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published June 10, 2026
Last update June 11, 2026

CVSS base score

6.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS 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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 10, 2026 CVE published
June 11, 2026 Record updated

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