CVE-2025-0115 PAN-OS: Authenticated Admin File Read Vulnerability in PAN-OS CLI
Description
A vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated admin on the PAN-OS CLI to read arbitrary files.
The attacker must have network access to the management interface (web, SSH, console, or telnet) and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue. You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management interface to only trusted users and internal IP addresses according to our recommended critical deployment guidelines.
This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access.
Product Status
| Versions | Affected | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud NGFW | None | All |
| PAN-OS 11.2 | < 11.2.3 | >= 11.2.3 |
| PAN-OS 11.1 | < 11.1.4-h17 < 11.1.5 | >= 11.1.4-h17 >= 11.1.5 |
| PAN-OS 11.0 | < 11.0.6 | >= 11.0.6 |
| PAN-OS 10.2 | < 10.2.11 | >= 10.2.11 |
| PAN-OS 10.1 | < 10.1.14-h11 | >= 10.1.14-h11 |
| Prisma Access | None | All |
Please note that PAN-OS 11.0, PAN-OS 10.0, PAN-OS 9.1, PAN-OS 9.0, and older releases have reached their software end-of-life (EoL) dates and are no longer evaluated for vulnerabilities and no fixes are planned. These versions are presumed to be affected.
Required Configuration for Exposure
The risk is greatest if you enabled access to the management interface (HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, or telnet) from the internet or any untrusted network either:
- Directly; or
- Through a dataplane interface that includes a management interface profile.
Severity: MEDIUM, Suggested Urgency: MODERATE
The risk is highest when you allow access to the management interface from external IP addresses on the internet. Our recommendation is to remediate as soon as possible.
MEDIUM
- CVSS-BT: 4.3 /CVSS-B: 6.8 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber)
You can greatly reduce the risk of exploitation by restricting access to a jump box that is the only system allowed to access the management interface. This will ensure that attacks can succeed only if they obtain privileged access through those specified IP addresses. We recommend remediating this vulnerability in your next scheduled maintenance cycle.
LOW
- CVSS-BT: 1.6 /CVSS-B: 5.6 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Green)
Exploitation Status
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
Weakness Type and Impact
CWE-41: Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence
Solution
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.1.14-h11, PAN-OS 10.2.11, PAN-OS 11.0.6, PAN-OS 11.1.5, PAN-OS 11.2.3, and all later PAN-OS versions.
| Version | Minor Version | Suggested Solution |
|---|---|---|
| PAN-OS 11.2 | 11.2.0 through 11.2.2 | Upgrade to 11.2.3 or later |
| PAN-OS 11.1 | 11.1.0 through 11.1.4 | Upgrade to 11.1.4-h17 or 11.1.5 or later |
| PAN-OS 11.0 | 11.0.0 through 11.0.5 | Upgrade to 11.0.6 or later |
| PAN-OS 10.2 | 10.2.0 through 10.2.10 | Upgrade to 10.2.11 or later |
| PAN-OS 10.1 | 10.1.0 through 10.1.14 | Upgrade to 10.1.14-h11 or later |
| All other older unsupported PAN-OS versions | Upgrade to a supported fixed version. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
Recommended mitigation—The vast majority of firewalls already follow Palo Alto Networks and industry best practices. However, if you have not already, we strongly recommend that you secure access to your management interface according to our critical deployment guidelines. Specifically, you should restrict management interface access to only trusted internal IP addresses.
Review information about how to secure management access to your Palo Alto Networks firewalls:
- Palo Alto Networks LIVEcommunity article: https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-ac...
- Palo Alto Networks official and detailed technical documentation:https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices/10-1/administrative-access-best-practices/administr...
Acknowledgments
CPEs
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*