CVE-2026-0257

HIGH CISA KEV RANSOMWARE
ACT NOW Priority: 7.41 BB Relevance: 86/100
Published: 2026-05-13 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: Low
VI: None
VA: None

Description

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass security restrictions and establish an unauthorized VPN connection.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Vendor / Product Palo Alto Networks — PAN-OS
Date Added 2026-05-29
Remediation Due 2026-06-01
Ransomware Use CONFIRMED
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0257 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0257

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

86 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction
✓ Known exploited (KEV)
✓ High exploitation probability

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:A/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Red

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

95.01%
Raw Score 0.950120
Percentile 99.9%
Date 2026-10-28

Intelligence Sources

kev ref →
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