Palo Alto WildFire WF-500/WildFire WF-500-B up to 11.1.12/11.2.10/12.1.6 Public Cloud Service file inclusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto WildFire WF-500 and WildFire WF-500-B up to 11.1.12/11.2.10/12.1.6 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Public Cloud Service. Such manipulation leads to file inclusion. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-0259. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto WildFire WF-500 and WildFire WF-500-B up to 11.1.12/11.2.10/12.1.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Public Cloud Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An arbitrary File Read and Delete Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks WildFire® WF-500 and WF-500-B appliances enables users to read sensitive information and delete arbitrary files. This vulnerability affects WF-500 and WF-500-B appliances running in the default non-FIPS configuration mode. The WildFire Appliance (WF-500, WF-500-B) software update is now available to customers that use the WildFire Appliance (WF-500, WF-500-B) for on-premise sandboxing. Please note that customers using the WildFire Public cloud service are NOT impacted by this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared for download at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-0259 since 11/03/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34, 11.1.13, 11.1.10-h8, 11.2.11, 11.2.7-h7, 12.1.7 or 12.1.4-h5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-30106). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: File inclusion
CWE: CWE-73
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WildFire WF-500/WildFire WF-500-B 10.2.18-h6/10.2.16-h7/10.2.13-h21/10.2.10-h36/10.2.7-h34/11.1.13/11.1.10-h8/11.2.11/11.2.7-h7/12.1.7/12.1.4-h5

Timelineinfo

11/03/2025 CVE reserved
05/13/2026 +190 days Advisory disclosed
05/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/17/2026 +65 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: security.paloaltonetworks.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-0259 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-0259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-363668
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2026 20:45
Updated: 07/17/2026 13:30
Changes: 05/13/2026 20:45 (72), 05/13/2026 23:13 (1), 07/17/2026 13:30 (12)
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