CVE-2026-0272: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 10.2.0, before 10.2.7 (fixed in 10.2.7); from 10.2.8, before 10.2.10 (fixed in 10.2.10); from 10.2.11, before 10.2.13 (fixed in 10.2.13); from 10.2.14, before 10.2.16 (fixed in 10.2.16); version 10.2.7 only; version 10.2.10 only; …

Published 2026-06-10. Last modified 2026-07-23.