CVE-2025-4230

Severity CVSS v4.0:

HIGH

Type:

CWE-78 OS Command Injections

Publication date:

13/06/2025

Last modified:

16/06/2025

Description

A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an authenticated administrator to bypass system restrictions and run arbitrary commands as a root user. To be able to exploit this issue, the user must have access to the PAN-OS CLI.<br /> <br /> The security risk posed by this issue is significantly minimized when CLI access is restricted to a limited group of administrators. <br /> <br /> Cloud NGFW and Prisma® Access are not affected by this vulnerability.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/R:U/V:D/U:Amber CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/R:U/V:D/U:Amber

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Recovery (R): User
Value Density (V): Diffuse
Provider Urgency (U): Amber

Base Score 4.0

8.40

Severity 4.0

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4230