Medium 6.1Published May 13, 2026

CVE-2026-0261PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 04:00 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 6.1 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: palo_alto
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW palo_alto_networks:cloud_ngfw (from the name)	all versions not affected	CNA record
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS palo_alto_networks:pan-os	from 12.1.0 before 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h5; fixed at 12.1.7, fixed at 12.1.4-h5; from 11.2.0 before 11.2.12, 11.2.10-h6, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.4-h17; fixed at 11.2.12, fixed at 11.2.10-h6, fixed at 11.2.7-h13, fixed at 11.2.4-h17; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.15, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.4-h33; fixed at 11.1.15, fixed at 11.1.13-h5, fixed at 11.1.10-h25, fixed at 11.1.7-h6, fixed at 11.1.6-h32, fixed at 11.1.4-h33; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34; fixed at 10.2.18-h6, fixed at 10.2.16-h7, fixed at 10.2.13-h21, fixed at 10.2.10-h36, fixed at 10.2.7-h34	CNA record
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access palo_alto_networks:prisma_access (from the name)	all versions not affected	CNA record
Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 siemens:ruggedcom_ape1808 (from the name)	all versions	CISA ADP
paloaltonetworks pan-os paloaltonetworks:pan-os	before 10.2.7; from 10.2.8 before 10.2.10; from 10.2.11 before 10.2.13; from 10.2.14 before 10.2.16; 10.2.7; 10.2.7; 10.2.7; 10.2.7; and 163 more ranges	NVD
siemens ruggedcom_ape1808_firmware siemens:ruggedcom_ape1808_firmware	all versions	NVD

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0261vendor-advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-967325.htmlthird-party-advisory

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