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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.1.x < 10.1.14-h15 / 10.2.x < 10.2.14 / 11.1.x < 11.1.10 / 11.2.x < 11.2.6 Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 238238

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Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 10.1.x prior to 10.1.14-h15, 10.2.x prior to 10.2.14, 11.1.x prior to 11.1.10, or 11.2.x prior to 11.2.6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

 A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions and run arbitrary commands as a root user. To be able to exploit this issue, the user must have access to the PAN-OS CLI.

 The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators.

 Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not affected by this vulnerability.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the PAN-OS security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PAN-OS 10.1.14-h15 / 10.2.14 / 11.1.10 / 11.2.6 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238238

File Name: palo_alto_CVE-2025-4230.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Published: 6/11/2025

Updated: 6/13/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4230

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Full_Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Source

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-4230

CWE: 78

IAVA: 2025-A-0431