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CVE-2025-0108 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS management web interface contains an authentication bypass vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers with network access to invoke PHP scripts and bypass required authentication.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management interface can bypass authentication controls to execute administrative functions, creating direct risk of unauthorized system compromise and configuration manipulation.

CISA KEV Yes · 2025-02-183EPSS 0.98338 (verify live)4Exploit Weaponized · public PoC5
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Exploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
511 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-18).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.98338 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Palo Alto Networks, PAN-OS. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-306 Missing Authentication — weakness family: Authentication.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
WeaknessCWE-306 · Missing AuthenticationAuthentication
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I send a crafted request to the management web interface without valid credentials, exploiting the authentication bypass to invoke restricted PHP scripts.
Business
Attackers gain unauthorized administrative access to critical network security infrastructure without credential compromise.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I modify firewall policies, disable security controls, or extract sensitive configuration data through the bypassed interface.
Business
Security posture degrades as firewall rules are altered or disabled, potentially allowing malicious traffic or data exfiltration.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I establish persistence or pivot to protected internal networks by leveraging the compromised management access.
Business
Breach scope expands beyond the firewall to internal systems and sensitive data, increasing incident severity and recovery costs.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • Weaponized exploit available (VulnCheck)
  • 511 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Public exploit availability
  • Catalogued by palo_alto (CNA)
  • Named finder/reporter credit (CVE.org)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • Disclosure & credit2