High severity · published Jun 10, 2026
CVE-2026-0272
PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Command Line Interface (CLI)
7.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)0.3% · higher than 18% 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
12.1.0 before 12.1.4-h7; 11.2.0 before 11.2.4-h18; 11.1.0 before 11.1.4-h34; 10.2.0 before 10.2.7-h35 · source: vendor, NVD
RA
RUGGEDCOM APE1808 · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0272
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0272
Vendor Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0272
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-104023.html
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