Description
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the GlobalProtect portal and gateway of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows the attacker to bypass security restrictions and establish an unauthorized VPN connection. Panorama and Cloud NGFW are not impacted by these issues.
Problem types
CWE-565 Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking
Product status
All (custom)
12.1.0 (custom) before 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h6
11.2.0 (custom) before 11.2.12, 11.2.10-h7, 11.2.7-h14, 11.2.4-h17
11.1.0 (custom) before 11.1.15, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.4-h33
10.2.0 (custom) before 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34
10.2.0 (custom) before 10.2.10-h36
11.2.0 (custom) before 11.2.7-h13
Timeline
| 2026-05-13: | Initial publication. |
Credits
Palo Alto Networks thanks our internal security research teams for discovering and reporting this issue.
References
security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0257