CVE-2026-0229

6.6 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (6.6). EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Advanced DNS Security (ADNS) feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an unauthenticated attacker to initiate system reboots using a maliciously crafted packet. Repeated attempts to initiate a reboot causes the firewall to enter maintenance mode. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access® are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

6.6 medium

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

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 47% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-754
Published: 2026-02-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0229

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