CVE-2026-0240

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 14.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.5 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-13 18:54Z5 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-15 09:56Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-11-03

Assigning CNA

palo_alto

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Weaknesses

• CWE-497Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control SphereBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

d71cc98c119a2f5b8ca820fe4bb3e004f3c66c9940ae5ff37d27816289bb7e7a

• security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0240vendor-advisory