CVE-2026-0269

4.6 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (4.6) in paloaltonetworks pan-os. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A memory corruption vulnerability in the processing of tunnel traffic in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows an authenticated user to initiate system reboots using a maliciously crafted packet. Repeated attempts to initiate a reboot causes the firewall to enter maintenance mode. Panorama, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma® Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

4.6 medium

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

CVSS 3.1

5.7 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-754
Published: 2026-06-10
Modified: 2026-07-23
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

paloaltonetworks:pan-os

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0269
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-967325.html

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