Summary
PAN-OS's User-ID Authentication Portal (Captive Portal) has a buffer overflow that lets an unauthenticated remote attacker send crafted packets and run code as root on affected PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls. Palo Alto says the vulnerable path is exposed only when the portal is enabled and its response pages are tied to an external or internet-accessible interface management profile. Unit 42 reported limited in-the-wild exploitation, including shellcode injection into an nginx worker process and follow-on log cleanup.
Why Fix Soon?
5/6Exploitation Details
Execute arbitrary code as root on the firewall.
Full System CompromiseAffected Software
| Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|
| PAN-OS | 10.2.0 through 10.2.18-h5, 11.1.0 through 11.1.15, 11.2.0 through 11.2.12, 12.1.0 through 12.1.7 (with branch-specific hotfixes listed in the advisory) |
PAN-OS is the operating system for Palo Alto Networks PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls. It provides network security policy enforcement, user identification, threat prevention, logging, and management at the enterprise edge.
Affected ComponentUser-ID Authentication Portal (Captive Portal) web service and response-page handling on firewall interfaces.
User-ID Authentication Portal (Captive Portal) web service and response-page handling on firewall interfaces.
Restrict User-ID Authentication Portal access to trusted internal IP addresses and trusted zones, disable Response Pages on any interface that can receive untrusted traffic, or disable the User-ID Authentication Portal if it is not required.
Restrict User-ID Authentication Portal access to trusted internal IP addresses and trusted zones, disable Response Pages on any interface that can receive untrusted traffic, or disable the User-ID Authentication Portal if it is not required.
Not available
Upgrade PAN-OS to the first fixed build for your branch, as listed in the advisory: 12.1.4-h5 or 12.1.7; 11.2.4-h17, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.10-h6, or 11.2.12; 11.1.4-h33, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.13-h5, or 11.1.15; or 10.2.7-h34, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.16-h7, or 10.2.18-h6, depending on the release train in use.
Upgrade PAN-OS to the first fixed build for your branch, as listed in the advisory: 12.1.4-h5 or 12.1.7; 11.2.4-h17, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.10-h6, or 11.2.12; 11.1.4-h33, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.13-h5, or 11.1.15; or 10.2.7-h34, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.16-h7, or 10.2.18-h6, depending on the release train in use.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Worse than 95% of all CVEs
NVD Data
Description Summary
CVSS Base Score
CVSS Vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Software (CPE) (162)
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Sources
| Source | Article |
|---|---|
| security.paloaltonetworks.com | PAN-OS: Unauthenticated user initiated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in User-ID Authentication Portal |
| unit42.paloaltonetworks.com | Threat Brief: Exploitation of PAN-OS Captive Portal Zero-Day for Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution |
| nvd.nist.gov | CVE-2026-0300 Detail |
| cisa.gov | Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| tenable.com | CVE-2026-0300 |
| bleepingcomputer.com | Palo Alto Networks firewall zero-day exploited for nearly a month |
| github.com | CVE-2026-0300-POC |
| github.com | CVE-2026-0300 |
| github.com | PAN-OS-User-ID-Buffer-Overflow-PoC |
Priority History
Initial analysis
Elevated — new exploitation evidence confirmed