CVE-2026-0257

PAN-OS: GlobalProtect Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities

HIGH 7.8CISA KEV ↗Exploited per ENISA since 2026-05-29

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 95.01 % · percentile 100 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
palo_alto
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the GlobalProtect portal and gateway of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows the attacker to bypass security restrictions and establish an unauthorized VPN connection. Panorama and Cloud NGFW are not impacted by these issues.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-565 — Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:A/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Redpalo_alto
CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/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:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:RedNVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFWunaffected All
Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OSaffected 12.1.0 < 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h6 ; affected 11.2.0 < 11.2.12, 11.2.10-h7, 11.2.7-h14, 11.2.4-h17 ; affected 11.1.0 < 11.1.15, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.4-h33 ; affected 10.2.0 < 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34
Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Accessaffected 10.2.0 < 10.2.10-h36 ; affected 11.2.0 < 11.2.7-h13

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited VulnerabilitiesCC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD