Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN up to 6.5.0 Packets allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN up to 6.1.9/6.2.0/6.3.3/6.4.1/6.5.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Packets Handler. The manipulation results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-0122. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN up to 6.1.9/6.2.0/6.3.3/6.4.1/6.5.0. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Packets Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® SD-WAN ION devices enables an unauthenticated attacker in a network adjacent to a Prisma SD-WAN ION device to disrupt the packet processing capabilities of the device by sending a burst of crafted packets to that device.

The weakness was presented by Vajrapu Venkata Sarat Kumar. The advisory is shared for download at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-0122 since 12/21/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 298998 (Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION 5.6.x / 6.1.x < 6.1.10 / 6.2.x / 6.3.x < 6.3.4 / 6.4.x < 6.4.2 / 6.5.0 Denial of Service (CVE-2025-0122)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.10, 6.3.4, 6.4.2 or 6.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (298998). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: Yes
Local: Partially
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 298998
Nessus Name: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION 5.6.x / 6.1.x < 6.1.10 / 6.2.x / 6.3.x < 6.3.4 / 6.4.x < 6.4.2 / 6.5.0 Denial of Service (CVE-2025-0122)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Prisma SD-WAN 6.1.10/6.3.4/6.4.2/6.5.1

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12/21/2024 🔍
04/11/2025 +110 days 🔍
04/11/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/14/2026 +309 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: security.paloaltonetworks.com
Researcher: Vajrapu Venkata Sarat Kumar
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0122 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0122
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-304428

Entryinfo

Created: 04/11/2025 11:36
Updated: 02/14/2026 02:34
Changes: 04/11/2025 11:36 (73), 02/14/2026 02:34 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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