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CVE-2026-0282

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Summary

A file deletion vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to delete files from a temporary directory. The security risk posed by this issue is minimized by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practice deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-ma

Description

A file deletion vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to delete files from a temporary directory.

The security risk posed by this issue is minimized by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practice deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 .

This issue is applicable to PAN-OS software on PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls and on Panorama (virtual and M-Series).

Cloud NGFW and Prisma® Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

CVSS Score
6.5
Medium
EPSS Score
0.3
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-07-09
First Seen: 2026-07-10
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 47.7% of all 335,187 vulnerabilities in our database.

#175,255
Below average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Jul 9, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Partial
Limited system impact
🏆 Discovered By
our internal security research teams
SSVC data provided by CISA
Last Modified 2026-07-13
Source NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS Vector 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)
CWE-20

📦 Affected Products 3

Vendor Product Status Affected Versions
paloaltonetworks pan-os Affected
> 10.2.0 < 11.1.16
paloaltonetworks pan-os Affected
> 11.2.0 < 11.2.13
paloaltonetworks pan-os Affected
> 12.1.0 < 12.1.8

🔗 References 1

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0282
Vendor Advisory

🔗 Related CVEs 6

CVE ID Severity CVSS EPSS Summary Published
CVE-2026-0279 🔶 medium 6.1 0.6 Multiple cross site scripting vulnerabilities in the User-ID™ Authentication Portal (aka Captive Portal) service, Glob... 2026-07-09
CVE-2026-0280 ⚠️ high 7.2 0.3 An IPv6 packet processing vulnerability in the dataplane of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an unauthentica... 2026-07-09
CVE-2026-0281 ⚠️ high 7.1 0.3 An information disclosure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an unauthenticated attacker with... 2026-07-09
CVE-2026-0283 ⚠️ high 7.2 0.3 An authentication bypass vulnerability in Large Scale VPN ( LSVPN) functionality of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software a... 2026-07-09
CVE-2026-0284 ⛔ critical 9.9 0.5 An XML injection vulnerability in the Large Scale VPN (LSVPN) functionality of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enab... 2026-07-09
CVE-2026-0285 🔶 medium 4.9 0.4 A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated admini... 2026-07-09
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