CVE-2025-4230 PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability Through CLI
Authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary root commands via the CLI, requiring immediate patching for PAN-OS deployments.
- 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-2025-4230?
CVE-2025-4230 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, published on 12 Jun 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. To be able to exploit this issue, the user must have access to the PAN-OS CLI.
The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators.
Cloud NGFW and Prisma® Access are not affected by this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4230?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4230?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4230 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-2025-4230 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4230 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hg7r-cqcx-pf83.