CVE-2026-0269

PAN-OS: Denial of Service (DoS) in Tunnel Traffic Processing

Severity
Medium 4.6
CVSS 4.0
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
13.0th percentile
Discovered by
Customer
Published by the vendor
Published
Jun 10, 2026
Assigned by palo_alto

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability in the processing of tunnel traffic in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows an authenticated user to initiate system reboots using a maliciously crafted packet. Repeated attempts to initiate a reboot causes the firewall to enter maintenance mode. Panorama, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma® Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-754

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 Panorama Network & Security Management cna-assigner
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access SASE / SSE / Secure Web cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (5)
  • Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW
  • Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS
  • Palo Alto Networks · Panorama
  • Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access
  • Siemens · RUGGEDCOM APE1808

Vendor remediation

VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION Cloud NGFW No action needed. PAN-OS 12.1 12.1.2 through 12.1.4-h* Upgrade to 12.1.4-h5 or 12.1.5 or later. PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.8 through 11.2.9 Upgrade to 11.2.10 or later. 11.2.5 through 11.2.7-h* Upgrade to 11.2.7-h4 or 11.2.10 or later. 11.2.0 through 11.2.4-h* Upgrade to 11.2.4-h17 or 11.2.10 or later. PAN-OS 11.1 11.1.11 or later Upgrade to 11.1.12 or later.   11.1.7 through 11.1.10-h* Upgrade to 11.1.10-h7 or 11.1.12 or later. 11.1.5 through 11.1.6-h* Upgrade to 11.1.6-h21 or 11.1.12 or later. 11.1.0 through 11.1.4-h* Upgrade to 11.1.4-h33 or 11.1.12 or later. PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.17 or later Upgrade to 10.2.18 or later.   10.2.4 through 10.2.16-h* Upgrade to 10.2.16-h6 or 10.2.18 or later. 10.2.11 through 10.2.13-h* Upgrade to 10.2.13-h21 or 10.2.18 or later. 10.2.8 through 10.2.10-h* Upgrade to 10.2.10-h36 or 10.2.18 or later. 10.2.0 through 10.2.7-h* Upgrade to 10.2.7-h34 or 10.2.18 or later. All older   Upgrade to a supported fixed version. unsupported PAN-OS versions Panorama   No action needed. Prisma Access No action needed.