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CVE-2025-4231

high

Description

A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® enables an authenticated administrative user to perform actions as the root user. The attacker must have network access to the management web interface and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4231

https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-networks-patches-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities/

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/palo-alto-networks-patches-series/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-13

Updated: 2025-06-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00259