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.
CVE ID: CVE-2025-4231
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.6
CVSS 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/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks
Product: Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS, Prisma Access
EPSS Score: 0.37% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 57.7% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-22 (when was this score calculated)