🛡️ CVE-2026-0284 — 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. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/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: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-0284 is classified as CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection'). The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or…

Affected software

CVE-2026-0284 is recorded against 1 package.

• pan-os

Timeline and source

Published on 9 July 2026 and last revised on 11 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com
cert-portal.siemens.com

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-2026-0287 (7.5 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0279 (6.1 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0286 (7.2 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0285 (4.9 Medium, 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-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')) in other software:

• CVE-2025-3163 (5.3 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-34062 (4.8 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-26020 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-33234 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-8862 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-39661 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-32785 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-27511 (7.2 High, published 18 Jun 2026)

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