8.4

CVE-2025-4230: PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin Command Injection Vulnerability Through CLI

Deferred
Published 12-06-2025Last modified 26-02-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-4230 is a high (CVSS 8.4) OS Command Injection vulnerability in palo alto networks pan-os. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.62%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.62% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Palo alto networks1 product
  • pan-os≥ 11.2.0, < 11.2.6 | ≥ 11.1.0, < 11.1.10 | ≥ 10.2.0, < 10.2.14 | ≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.14-h15

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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