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CVE-2012-6591

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The device-management command-line interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 3.1.10 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, aka Ref ID 31116.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: through 3.1.9; 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6591
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6591

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