CVE-2025-4231 PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability in the Management Web Interface
Authenticated admins can execute arbitrary commands as root via the management web interface, requiring network access and valid credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4231?
CVE-2025-4231 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 12 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® enables an authenticated administrative user to perform actions as the root user.
The attacker must have network access to the management web interface and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue.
Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4231?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2025-4231?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4231 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-2025-4231 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4231 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
- CVE-2024-3400 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Command Injection
- CVE-2020-2021 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2017-15944 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-0300 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2024-0012 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vm6c-rqg9-5qqr.