CVE-2026-0273: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 or Web UI. 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 web 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 affected 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.