CVE-2026-0283

PAN-OS: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Large Scale VPN (LSVPN)

Severity
Medium 4.5
CVSS 4.0
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
10.5th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Jul 9, 2026
Assigned by palo_alto

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in Large Scale VPN ( LSVPN) functionality of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows an attacker with network access to bypass security restrictions and establish an unauthorized site-to-site VPN connection. Panorama, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma® Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-306

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access SASE / SSE / Secure Web cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (3)
  • Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW
  • Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS
  • Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access

Credit

Vaibhav Nagar (internal reporter) and our internal security research teams

Vendor remediation

Version Minor Version Suggested Solution Cloud NGFW All No action needed. PAN-OS 12.1 12.1.5 through 12.1.7-h* Upgrade to 12.1.7-h2 or 12.1.8 or later. 12.1.2 through 12.1.4-h* Upgrade to 12.1.4-h8 or 12.1.8 or later. PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.11 through 11.2.12 Upgrade to 11.2.13 or later. 11.2.8 through 11.2.10-h* Upgrade to 11.2.10-h12 or 11.2.13 or later. 11.2.5 through 11.2.7-h* Upgrade to 11.2.7-h18 or 11.2.13 or later. 11.2.0 through 11.2.4-h* Upgrade to 11.2.4-h20 or 11.2.13 or later. PAN-OS 11.1 11.1.14 through 11.1.15 Upgrade to 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.11 through 11.1.13-h* Upgrade to 11.1.13-h9 or 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.8 through 11.1.10-h* Upgrade to 11.1.10-h30 or 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.7 through 11.1.7-h* Upgrade to 11.1.7-h8 or 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.5 through 11.1.6-h* Upgrade to 11.1.6-h35 or 11.1.16 or later. 11.1.0 through 11.1.4-h* Upgrade to 11.1.4-h35 or 11.1.16 or later. PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.17 through 10.2.18-h* Upgrade to 10.2.18-h8 or later. 10.2.14 through 10.2.16-h* Upgrade to 10.2.16-h9 or later. 10.2.11 through 10.2.13-h* Upgrade to 10.2.13-h23 or later. 10.2.8 through 10.2.10-h* Upgrade to 10.2.10-h39 or later. 10.2.0 through 10.2.7-h* Upgrade to 10.2.7-h36 or later. All older unsupported PAN-OS versions Upgrade to a supported fixed version.Prisma Access All No action needed.