Palo Alto Cloud NGFW/PAN-OS/Prisma Access Command Line Interface authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access. Affected is an unknown function of the component Command Line Interface. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-0272. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access (affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Command Line Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows an authenticated administrator with access to the Command Line Interface (CLI) to perform actions on the device with root privileges. The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators and by restricting access to the management interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practice deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 . 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at security.paloaltonetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-0272 since 11/03/2025. The exploitation is known 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-36148). 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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