🛡️ CVE-2023-6790 — pan-os

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-6790 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-6790 is recorded against 1 package.

• pan-os

Timeline and source

Published on 13 December 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

pan-os has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-0282 (6.5 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0281 (7.1 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0287 (7.5 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0280 (7.2 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0286 (7.2 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0279 (6.1 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0285 (4.9 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0284 (9.9 Critical, published 9 Jul 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS)) in other software:

• CVE-2011-4924 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000482 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-20182 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2021-3988 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2014-0157 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000426 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2018-25045 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-2209 (published 6 Jul 2026)

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