# CVE-2026-0272: PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Command Line Interface (CLI)

> An authenticated administrator can escalate privileges to root via the CLI, requiring restricted management access to mitigate risk.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ww95-gf5v-mgrr

## What is CVE-2026-0272?

CVE-2026-0272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 10 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows an authenticated administrator with access to the Command Line Interface (CLI) to perform actions on the device with root privileges.

The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators and 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 impacted by this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-0272?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-0272?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-0272 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-0272 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-0272 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os

- [CVE-2024-3400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3400/): Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Command Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-2021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2021/): Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-15944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15944/): Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-0300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0300/): Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Out-of-bounds Write (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-0012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0012/): Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-0272 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-0272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 10 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-0272 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0272/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0272/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0272
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0272
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-0272

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0272/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.