CVE-2026-0300 PAN-OS: Unauthenticated user initiated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in User-ID™ Authentication Portal (Severity: CRITICAL)
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An unauthenticated buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the User-ID Authentication Portal.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of PAN-OS are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Upgrade to the patched version of PAN-OS.
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Details
Original advisory: https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0300
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2026-0300Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-0300 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- criticalexploited2026-006: Critical Vulnerability in PAN-OScert-eu
- criticalexploitedCVE-2026-0300: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerabilitycisa-kev
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