CVE-2025-0115 PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin File Read Vulnerability in PAN-OS CLI
An authenticated administrator can read arbitrary files on the PAN-OS firewall via the CLI, potentially exposing sensitive system data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0115?
CVE-2025-0115 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, published on 12 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated admin on the PAN-OS CLI to read arbitrary files.
The attacker must have network access to the management interface (web, SSH, console, or telnet) and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue. You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management interface to only trusted users and internal IP addresses according to our recommended critical 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 does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access.
Weakness: CWE-41
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0115?
How do I fix CVE-2025-0115?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0115 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-0115 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0115 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mqw3-crqw-fq73.