CVE-2025-0111
Actively exploited. CVE-2025-0111 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-20) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains an external control of file name or path vulnerability. Successful exploitation enables an authenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to read files on the PAN-OS filesystem that are readable by the “nobody” user.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to read files on the PAN-OS filesystem that are readable by the 'nobody' user.
- Who is affected
- Authenticated users with network access to the management web interface of PAN-OS are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patches for PAN-OS.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 77% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-0111: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-02-20
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