CVE-2026-0261 Details
Multiple command injection vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enable 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 or Web UI.



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 web 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 these vulnerabilities.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-0261
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
1.4 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (70th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2026-0261
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
7.2 High
DVE Score by Bitsight AI
DVE scores complement traditional static scoring systems like CVSS with Bitsight AI powered real-time threat intelligence and underground cyber criminal activity so that security teams can reduce alert fatigue and focus on vulnerabilities most likely to be exploited.
Low
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CVE-2026-0261 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 17 19.54%
CN 6 6.90%
TW 5 5.75%
RU 5 5.75%
TH 4 4.60%
KR 3 3.45%
VN 3 3.45%
MM 3 3.45%
DE 3 3.45%
CA 3 3.45%

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CVE-2026-0261 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Telecommunications 26 55.32%
Technology 12 25.53%
Government/Politics 3 6.38%
Education 1 2.13%
Finance 1 2.13%
Manufacturing 1 2.13%
Media/Entertainment 1 2.13%
Consumer Goods 1 2.13%
Business Services 1 2.13%

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