🛡️ CVE-2023-6793 — pan-os

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-6793 is classified as CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. Privileges are assigned, dropped or restored incorrectly, leaving an actor with more access than intended.

Affected software

CVE-2023-6793 is recorded against 1 package.

• pan-os (from 11.0.0 up to 11.0.2)

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-2026-0280 (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)
• CVE-2026-0283 (7.2 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0282 (6.5 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0281 (7.1 High, published 9 Jul 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management) in other software:

• CVE-2025-54996 (8.0 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2020-7938 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-22513 (2.0 Low, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-38487 (7.0 High, published 16 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-31272 (7.8 High, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-5088 (8.3 High, published 5 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-43306 (7.8 High, published 26 May 2026)
• CVE-2025-13618 (9.8 Critical, published 5 May 2026)

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