Assessment
Why it matters
EPSS is 0.3%; technical severity is CVSS 6.0.
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.
Who should care
- Teams operating Pan-os
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether Pan-os is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- Palo Alto Networks Security advisory CVE-2026-0272
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Treatment intelligence
Remediation intelligence
Vendor sources are listed before government and third-party guidance. Confirm product applicability and change prerequisites before deployment.
Technical details
- 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
- CWE
- CWE-862
- Affected versions
- Paloaltonetworks Pan-os (Start Including 10.2.0, End Excluding 10.2.7 | Start Including 10.2.8, End Excluding 10.2.10 | Start Including 10.2.11, End Excluding 10.2.13 | Start Including 10.2.14, End Excluding 10.2.16)
- Fixed versions
- Paloaltonetworks Pan-os (Fixed from 10.2.7, 10.2.10, 10.2.13, 10.2.16, 11.1.4, 11.1.10, 11.1.13, 11.2.4, 11.2.7, 11.2.10, 12.1.4)
- Published
- 10 June 2026
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Latest EPSS score: 0.3%
- Signal calculated at 10