Palo Alto Cloud NGFW/PAN-OS/Prisma Access CLI os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CLI. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-4230. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access (version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component CLI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions and run arbitrary commands as a root user. To be able to exploit this issue, the user must have access to the PAN-OS CLI. The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators. Cloud NGFW and Prisma® Access are not affected by this vulnerability.

The weakness was shared by Visa Inc.. It is possible to read the advisory at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-4230 since 05/02/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed 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 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18226). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Firewall Software

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• Palo Alto

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• Cloud NGFW
• PAN-OS
• Prisma Access

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• commercial

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

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