A buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID™ Authentication Portal (aka Captive Portal) service of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls by sending specially crafted packets. The risk of this issue is greatly reduced if you secure access to the User-ID™ Authentication Portal per the best practice guidelines https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail by restricting access to only trusted internal IP addresses. Prisma Access, Cloud NGFW and Panorama appliances are not impacted by this vulnerability.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 06 May 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:A/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:A/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red'}


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Description A buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID™ Authentication Portal (aka Captive Portal) service of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls by sending specially crafted packets. The risk of this issue is greatly reduced if you secure access to the User-ID™ Authentication Portal per the best practice guidelines https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail by restricting access to only trusted internal IP addresses. Prisma Access, Cloud NGFW and Panorama appliances are not impacted by this vulnerability.
Title PAN-OS: Unauthenticated user initiated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in User-ID™ Authentication Portal
First Time appeared Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks cloud Ngfw
Palo Alto Networks pan-os
Palo Alto Networks prisma Access
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:cloud_ngfw:all:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:prisma_access:all:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks cloud Ngfw
Palo Alto Networks pan-os
Palo Alto Networks prisma Access
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:A/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red'}

kev

{'dateAdded': '2026-05-06T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-05-09T00:00:00+00:00'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-06T19:24:13.881Z

Reserved: 2025-11-03T20:44:58.173Z

Link: CVE-2026-0300

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T19:11:36.400Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-06T19:16:35.730

Modified: 2026-05-06T20:16:30.867

Link: CVE-2026-0300

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T21:30:12Z