01 Record
CVE-2026-0300
PAN-OS: Unauthenticated user initiated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in User-ID™ Authentication Portal
CriticalKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score9.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:A/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
02 Description
PAN-OS: Unauthenticated user initiated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in User-ID™ Authentication Portal
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-05-06. Federal remediation due 2026-05-09.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 41.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:A/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:Y/R:U/V:C/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
- 2026-05-06 18:57Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15 01:11Z14 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:A/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 920ffdf291a909c2851ec15fa58cc3847aa442ae702b63ae1ae7c93ed7184732
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS12.1.0 to < 12.1.7, 11.2.0 to < 11.2.12, 11.1.0 to < 11.1.15, 10.2.0 to < 10.2.18-h6—
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0300
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-0300
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-967325.html
07 Remediation
This issue will be fixed in upcoming releases of PAN-OS as captured in the table above. We strongly recommend that you secure access to your User-ID™ Authentication Portal following the instructions in the workarounds section below.