CVE-2026-0229PAN-OS: Denial of Service in Advanced DNS Security Feature
- 6.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.57%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 52% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Advanced DNS Security (ADNS) feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an unauthenticated attacker to initiate system reboots using a maliciously crafted packet. Repeated attempts to initiate a reboot causes the firewall to enter maintenance mode. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access® are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By palo_alto
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| palo_altoCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.57% · top 52% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW
- unaffected All
- affected 12.1.0 – < 12.1.4
- affected 11.2.0 – < 11.2.10
- unaffected 11.1.0 – < 11.1.11
- unaffected 10.2.0 – < 10.2.17
Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access
- unaffected All – < 10.2.10-h28
What to do
Solution: VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION Cloud NGFW All No action needed. PAN-OS 12.1 12.1.2 through 12.1.3 Upgrade to 12.1.4 or later. PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.0 through 11.2.9 Upgrade to 11.2.10 or later. PAN-OS 11.1 No action needed. PAN-OS 10.2 No action needed. All older Upgrade to a supported fixed version. unsupported PAN-OS versions Prisma Access All No action needed.
Workaround: No known workarounds exist for this issue. Due to the nature of this vulnerability, a Threat Prevention Signature to detect this is also not possible.
Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
References
References1
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-5938 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
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