Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2026-0262

 

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2026-0262

Published: May 19, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU131774
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-0262
CWE-ID: CWE-754
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions in network traffic parsing when processing specially crafted network traffic. A remote attacker can send specially crafted network traffic to cause a denial of service.

No special configuration is required to be affected by this issue. Panorama and Cloud NGFW are not impacted.


Affected software

Palo Alto PAN-OS

How to mitigate CVE-2026-0262

Install security update from vendor's website.

Palo Alto PAN-OS - addressed in versions 10.2.7-h34, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.18-h6, 11.1.4-h33, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.15, 11.2.4-h17, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.10-h6, 11.2.12, 12.1.4-h5, 12.1.7

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