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CVE-2026-0300

Cloud NGFW

Palo Alto Networks / Cloud NGFW · affected before *

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Severity
CVSS 9.3 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
32.1%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2026-0300 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW and 2 other products. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID™ Authentication Portal (aka Captive Portal) service of...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Palo Alto Networks / Cloud NGFW affected before *.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Cloud NGFW

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID™ Authentication Portal (aka Captive Portal) service of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls by sending specially crafted packets.

The risk of this issue is greatly reduced if you secure access to the User-ID™ Authentication Portal per the best practice guidelines https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail by restricting access to only trusted internal IP addresses.

Prisma Access, Cloud NGFW and Panorama appliances are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Vendor Product Affected Status
Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Before * Affected
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW All Unaffected
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Before 12.1.7 Affected
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Before 11.2.12 Affected
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Before 11.1.15 Affected
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Before 10.2.18-h6 Affected
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access All Unaffected
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Published
06 May 2026
Exploitation Reported
01 Jun 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

cisa edge

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 01 Jun 2026

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 21 May 2026

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CVE First 2026-06-01 13:26 UTC
CISA 2026-06-02 14:01 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No KEV Intelligence virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

9.3 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:A/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

EPSS

32.1%

Weaknesses

Out-of-bounds Write CWE-787

Recent mention · Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

CVE-2026-0300 PAN-OS: Unauthenticated user initiated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in User-ID™ Authentication Portal (Severity: CRITICAL)

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All CVSS Scores

CVSS v4.0 9.3 Critical

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:A/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

sam00/POC-CVE-2026-0300-exploit

github · Created 2026-08-06 12:37:02 UTC · 0 stars

Palo Alto - CVE-2026-0300 exploit

lu4m575/CVE-2026-0300

github · Created 2026-05-21 20:39:21 UTC · 0 stars

CVE-2026-0300 PAN-OS 12.1, 11.2, 11.1, 10.2

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. Added to KEV Intelligence KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  3. Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  4. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  5. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2026-0300

Free JSON includes basic KEV fields 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2026-0300",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 9.3,
  "epss_score": 0.32074,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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