Palo Alto PAN-OS/Panorama Management Plane os command injection

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A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Palo Alto PAN-OS and Panorama. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Management Plane. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-0286. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS and Panorama (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code of the component Management Plane. 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 the management plane of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands as root. The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators. 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. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-0286 since 11/03/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/09/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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-2026-42675). 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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• PAN-OS
• Panorama

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• commercial

Website

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

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