CVE-2026-0320

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A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables 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 management interface. The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized 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 affected by this vulnerability.

CVSS 6.1 (MEDIUM)

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.8/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

2.2/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Insufficient evidence

Why this priority?

Technical severity: CVSS 6.1: +2.13
Fresh EPSS: 0.84%: +0.02

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 1 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

20/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

5/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL8/100

Sources and documents

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Press · 15 Oct 2026, 18:30 · CVE-2026-0320 PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability (Severity: MEDIUM)

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.8 · reality 2.2 (2026-11-02 15:14). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs. Published 22 days ago. Exploitation evidence usually takes weeks to show up: a low reality score can mean there is no data yet, not that the flaw is mild.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Insufficient evidence
Priority basis: Exploitation in attacks unconfirmed; CVSS 6.1; EPSS 0.8%
Attention, last 30 days: 1 distinct story titles; 1 press documents; 1 publisher domains.
Technical potential: network access, high privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity: No exploitation observation is recorded.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Insufficient evidence

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:59:48.680808+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

Published

14 Oct 2026, 20:09

First press mention

15 Oct 2026, 18:30

Latest press mention

15 Oct 2026, 18:30

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:59