🛡️ CVE-2023-6795 — pan-os

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-78 NVD
5.5
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Description

An OS command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with limited privileges on the firewall.

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 high, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-6795 is classified as CWE-78: OS Command Injection. Untrusted input reaches a shell command without neutralisation, so an attacker can run arbitrary operating system commands.

Affected software

CVE-2023-6795 is recorded against 1 package.

  • pan-os (from 10.1.0 up to 10.1.3)

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

security.paloaltonetworks.com
security.paloaltonetworks.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-78
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-12-13
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pan-os 10.1.0 10.1.3

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