CVE-2016-9151

7.8 highEPSS 1.2%

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted values of unspecified environment variables.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 68% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2016-11-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

paloaltonetworks:pan-os

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94400
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037381
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-9151
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40788/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40789/

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