CVE-2026-0286PAN-OS: Authenticated Command Injection in CLI

Description

A command injection vulnerability in the management plane of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands as root. The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators. 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.

Timeline

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW

  • unaffected All

• Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS

  • affected 12.1.0 – < 12.1.8
  • affected 11.2.0 – < 11.2.13
  • affected 11.1.0 – < 11.1.16
  • affected 10.2.0 – < 10.2.18-h8

• Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access

  • unaffected All

What to do

Solution: Version Minor Version Suggested Solution Cloud NGFW All No action needed. PAN-OS 12.1 12.1.5 through 12.1.7-h* Upgrade to 12.1.7-h2 or 12.1.8 or later. 12.1.2 through 12.1.4-h* Upgrade to 12.1.4-h8 or 12.1.8 or later. PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.11 through 11.2.12 Upgrade to 11.2.13 or later. 11.2.8 through 11.2.10-h* Upgrade to 11.2.10-h11 or 11.2.13 or later. 11.2.5 through 11.2.7-h* Upgrade to 11.2.7-h18 or 11.2.13 or later. 11.2.0 through 11.2.4-h* Upgrade to 11.2.4-h20 or 11.2.13 or later. PAN-OS 11.1 11.1.14 through 11.1.15 Upgrade to 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.11 through 11.1.13-h* Upgrade to 11.1.13-h9 or 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.8 through 11.1.10-h* Upgrade to 11.1.10-h30 or 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.7 through 11.1.7-h* Upgrade to 11.1.7-h8 or 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.5 through 11.1.6-h* Upgrade to 11.1.6-h35 or 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.0 through 11.1.4-h* Upgrade to 11.1.4-h35 or 11.1.16 or later. PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.17 through 10.2.18-h* Upgrade to 10.2.18-h8 or later. 10.2.14 through 10.2.16-h* Upgrade to 10.2.16-h9 or later. 10.2.11 through 10.2.13-h* Upgrade to 10.2.13-h23 or later. 10.2.8 through 10.2.10-h* Upgrade to 10.2.10-h39 or later. 10.2.0 through 10.2.7-h* Upgrade to 10.2.7-h36 or later. All older unsupported PAN-OS versions Upgrade to a supported fixed version.Prisma Access  No action needed.

Workaround: Customers with a Threat Prevention subscription are provided with limited coverage against this vulnerability by enabling Threat ID 510036 (from Applications and Threats content version 9122-10145 and later). For these Threat IDs to protect against attacks for this vulnerability: * Route incoming traffic for the MGT port through a DP port https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices#id59206398-3dab-4b2f-9b4b-7ea500d036ba , e.g., enabling management profile on a DP interface for management access. * Replace the Certificate for Inbound Traffic Management https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices#id112f7714-8995-4496-bbf9-781e63dec71c .  * Decrypt inbound traffic to the management interface so the firewall can inspect it. https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices#idbbd82587-17a2-42b4-9245-d3714e1e13a2 * Enable threat prevention on the inbound traffic to management services. Please note that this Threat ID requires SSL Decryption.

Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.

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-2026-42675 (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)

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Record last updated 10 Nov 2026, 12:40 UTC.