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CVE-2016-9149

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-11-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-19

Description

The Addresses Object parser in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 mishandles single quote characters, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct XPath injection attacks via a crafted string.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 5.0.0 before 5.0.20; from 5.1.0 before 5.1.13; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.15; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.15; from 7.0.0 before 7.0.11; from 7.1.0 before 7.1.6 — fixed in 5.0.20, 5.1.13, 6.0.15, 6.1.15, 7.0.11, 7.1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 5.0.20, 5.1.13, 6.0.15, 6.1.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94401
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037379
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9149
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94401
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037379
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9149

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