Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-0320
PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability
6.1
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 management interface.
The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized 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 affected by this vulnerability.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% 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
12.2.0 before 12.2.4; 12.1.0 before 12.1.10-h2; 11.2.0 before 11.2.16; 11.1.0 before 11.1.16-h3; 10.2.0 before 10.2.18-h12 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0320
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0320
security.paloaltonetworks.com
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0320
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