---
id: CVE-2026-0320
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: >-
  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
cwe:
  - CWE-78
vendor: Palo Alto Networks
product: Cloud NGFW
affected:
  - cloud_ngfw
  - PAN-OS >= 12.2.0 < 12.2.4
  - PAN-OS >= 12.1.0 < 12.1.10-h2
  - PAN-OS >= 11.2.0 < 11.2.16
  - PAN-OS >= 11.1.0 < 11.1.16-h3
  - PAN-OS >= 10.2.0 < 10.2.18-h12
  - prisma_access
published: '2026-10-14'
updated: '2026-10-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-16T04:18:05.407'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0320'
references:
  - url: 'https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0320'
    label: psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00842
epssPercentile: 0.57717
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-15T19:28:53.610344Z'
cvssSource: cna
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T21:57:04.818Z'
---

## Overview

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 management interface.




The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized 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 affected by this vulnerability.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.