CVE-2025-0127 PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability in PAN-OS VM-Series
Authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary root commands on PAN-OS VM-Series, bypassing system restrictions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0127?
CVE-2025-0127 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, published on 11 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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. This issue is only applicable to PAN-OS VM-Series. This issue does not affect firewalls that are already deployed.
Cloud NGFW and Prisma® Access are not affected by this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0127?
How do I fix CVE-2025-0127?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0127 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-0127 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0127 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8r53-w527-fcqp.