PAN-OS: Authenticated File Read Vulnerability in the Management Web Interface

Description

An authenticated file read vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to read files on the PAN-OS filesystem that are readable by the “nobody” user. You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practices 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 does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access software.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-73 and its CVEs
• CWE-610 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-610 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW

  • unaffected All

• Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS

  • affected 10.1.0 – < 10.1.14-h9
  • affected 10.2.0 – < 10.2.7-h24
  • affected 11.1.0 – < 11.1.6-h1
  • affected 11.2.0 – < 11.2.4-h4

• Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access

  • unaffected All

What to do

Solution: Version Minor Version Suggested Solution PAN-OS 10.1 10.1.0 through 10.1.14 Upgrade to 10.1.14-h9 or later PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.0 through 10.2.13 Upgrade to 10.2.13-h3 or later  10.2.7Upgrade to 10.2.7-h24 or 10.2.13-h3 or later 10.2.8Upgrade to 10.2.8-h21 or 10.2.13-h3 or later 10.2.9Upgrade to 10.2.9-h21 or 10.2.13-h3 or later 10.2.10Upgrade to 10.2.10-h14 or 10.2.13-h3 or later 10.2.11Upgrade to 10.2.11-h12 or 10.2.13-h3 or later  10.2.12Upgrade to 10.2.12-h6 or 10.2.13-h3 or later PAN-OS 11.0 (EoL) Upgrade to a supported fixed versionPAN-OS 11.1 11.1.0 through 11.1.6 Upgrade to 11.1.6-h1 or later  11.1.2Upgrade to 11.1.2-h18 or 11.1.6-h1 or later PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 Upgrade to 11.2.4-h4 or laterNote: PAN-OS 11.0 reached end of life (EoL) on November 17, 2024. No additional fixes are planned for this release.

Workaround: Recommended mitigation—The vast majority of firewalls already follow Palo Alto Networks and industry best practices. However, if you have not already, we strongly recommend that you secure access to your management interface according to our https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 * Palo Alto Networks official and detailed technical documentation: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices Additionally, customers with a Threat Prevention subscription can block attacks for this vulnerability by enabling Threat ID 510000 and 510001 (introduced in Applications and Threats content version 8943). https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administrative-access-best-practices/deploy-administrative-access-best-practices

Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks has observed exploit attempts chaining CVE-2025-0108 with CVE-2024-9474 and CVE-2025-0111 on unpatched and unsecured PAN-OS web management interfaces.

References (2)

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-0111 (opens in a new tab)government-resource

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 26 Feb 2026, 19:08 UTC.