High severity · published Jun 13, 2025
CVE-2025-4231
A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® enables an authenticated administrative user to perform actions as the root user
7.2
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® enables an authenticated administrative user to perform actions as the root user.
The attacker must have network access to the management web interface and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue.
Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks
10.2.0 before 10.2.8; 11.0.0 before 11.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4231
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4231
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4231
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