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CVE-2025-0111: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2025-02-20
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-73

Description

An authenticated file read vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to read files on the PAN-OS filesystem that are readable by the “nobody” user. You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practices 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 does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access software.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 10.1.0 before 10.1.14; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.7; from 10.2.10 before 10.2.12; from 11.0.0 before 11.1.6; from 11.2.0 before 11.2.4; 10.1.14, 10.1.14-h2, 10.1.14-h4, 10.1.14-h6, 10.1.14-h8, 10.2.7 (+37) — fixed in 10.1.14, 10.2.12, 10.2.7, 11.1.6, 11.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.1.14, 10.2.12, 10.2.7, 11.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0111
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-0111

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