Critical Palo Alto Firewalls Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild to Gain Root Access
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS software, tracked as CVE-2026-0300, that is already being actively exploited in the wild. The flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 9.3 (CRITICAL) and allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with full root privileges on affected PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls, with no […] The post Critical Palo Alto Firewalls Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild to Gain Root Access appeared first on Cyber Security News.
A critical buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-0300) in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software is being actively exploited in the wild, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain root access on affected firewalls.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HRead the full article
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