CVE-2026-0272: PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-06-10 · updated 2026-07-23
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 10.2.0 before 10.2.7; from 10.2.8 before 10.2.10; from 10.2.11 before 10.2.13; from 10.2.14 before 10.2.16; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.4; from 11.1.8 before 11.1.10 — fixed in 10.2.10, 10.2.13, 10.2.16, 10.2.7, 11.1.10, 11.1.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.2.10, 10.2.13, 10.2.16, 10.2.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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