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CVE-2025-4231: PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability in the Management Web Interface

8.6 CVSS

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.

Classification

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

Problem Types

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Affected Products

Vendor: Palo Alto Networks

Product: Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS, Prisma Access

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4231
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4231

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