Threat actors are exploiting a high-severity PAN-OS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0322. The vulnerability exists in the management interface of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker with network access to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall.
Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploited in Attack (CVE-2026-0322)
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