Palo Alto PAN-OS OpenConfig Plugin up to 2.1.1 Management Web Interface os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS OpenConfig Plugin up to 2.1.1. This affects an unknown part of the component Management Web Interface. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-0110. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS OpenConfig Plugin up to 2.1.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Management Web Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A command injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS OpenConfig plugin enables an authenticated administrator with the ability to make gNMI requests to the PAN-OS management web interface to bypass system restrictions and run arbitrary commands. The commands are run as the “__openconfig” user (which has the Device Administrator role) on the firewall. 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 .

It is possible to read the advisory at security.paloaltonetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-0110 since 12/21/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Palo Alto

Name

• PAN-OS OpenConfig Plugin

Version

• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

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