Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-0286

RCE in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os 10.2.0 – 10.2.7

RCECommand Injection
Published
09 July 2026
Modified
13 July 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 6.0
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Raw vectorCVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
EPSS Score 0.010 60th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-0286 is a medium-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os. Its CVSS base score is 6.0 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Unix Shell (T1059.004); ranked in the top 40% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A command injection vulnerability in the management plane of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands as root. The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted…

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to a limited group of administrators. 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.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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Why these techniques?

Authenticated admin command injection (CWE-78) directly enables Unix shell command execution (T1059.004) and privilege escalation to root (T1068) via the management plane.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2026-0273Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2026-0272Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2023-6792Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2026-0263Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2026-0281Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2023-0005Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
CVE-2026-0288Same product: Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os

Affected Assets

paloaltonetworks
pan-os
10.2.10, 10.2.13, 10.2.16, 10.2.17, 10.2.18 · 10.2.0 — 10.2.7 · 10.2.8 — 10.2.10 · 10.2.11 — 10.2.13

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-2 Account Management
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8
  • V15.2.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-6 Least Privilege good match
prevent

Directly enforces restricting CLI/management-plane access to the smallest set of administrators, which the CVE states significantly minimizes the risk of root command injection.

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Enforces access-control decisions on management-plane functions so that only explicitly authorized administrators can reach the vulnerable command paths.

AC-2 Account Management partial match
prevent

Requires formal provisioning, review, and disabling of privileged accounts that could otherwise be used to exploit the command-injection flaw.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
detects

Security testing and code review target insecure use of operating-system command interfaces, catching command-injection flaws introduced during development.

References