CVE-2026-0265
PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass with Cloud Authentication Service (CAS) enabled
02 Description
PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass with Cloud Authentication Service (CAS) enabled
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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.
- EPSS probability
- 1.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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:Red
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-05-13 17:38Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15 01:11Z14 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Red
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 9e33dbdea7a771987eebd2a83f7ab69d4b37519d78384397dac1ee90ff1610dd
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0265
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-967325.html
07 Remediation
VERSION MINOR VERSION RANGE SUGGESTED SOLUTION Cloud NGFW No action needed. PAN-OS 12.1 12.1.5 through 12.1.6 Upgrade to 12.1.7 or later. 12.1.2 through 12.1.4-h* Upgrade to 12.1.4-h5 or 12.1.7 or later. PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.11 or later Upgrade to 11.2.12 or later. 11.2.8 through 11.2.10-h* Upgrade to 11.2.10-h6 or 11.2.12 or later. 11.2.5 through 11.2.7-h* Upgrade to 11.2.7-h13 or 11.2.12 or later. 11.2.0 through 11.2.4-h* Upgrade to 11.2.4-h17 or 11.2.12 or later. PAN-OS 11.1 11.1.14 or later Upgrade to 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.11 through 11.1.13-h* Upgrade to 11.1.13-h5 or 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.8 through 11.1.10-h* Upgrade to 11.1.10-h25 or 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.7 through 11.1.7-h* Upgrade to 11.1.7-h6 or 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.5 through 11.1.6-h* Upgrade to 11.1.6-h32 or 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.0 through 11.1.4-h* Upgrade to 11.1.4-h33 or 11.1.15 or later. PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.17 through 10.2.18-h* Upgrade to 10.2.18-h6 or later. 10.2.14 through 10.2.16-h* Upgrade to 10.2.16-h7 or 10.2.18-h6 or later. 10.2.11 through 10.2.13-h* Upgrade to 10.2.13-h21 or 10.2.18-h6 or later. 10.2.8 through 10.2.10-h* Upgrade to 10.2.10-h36 or 10.2.18-h6 or later. 10.2.0 through 10.2.7-h* Upgrade to 10.2.7-h34 or 10.2.18-h6 or later. All older Upgrade to a supported fixed version. unsupported PAN-OS versions Prisma Access No action needed.