CVE-2025-0111: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name
- Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Palo Alto Networks
- Product
- PAN-OS
- Added to the catalog
- 2025-02-20
- Due date for US federal agencies
- 2025-03-13
- Weaknesses
- CWE-73
- Catalog version
- 2026.10.30
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.
Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.
Links in CISA's notes
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NVD analysis
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-02-12T21:15:16.793
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17T08:25:51.493
- Weaknesses
- CWE-73, CWE-610
An authenticated file read vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software 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.
You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practices deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 .
This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access software.
| Metric | Score | Severity | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | 7.1 | HIGH | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red | [email protected] (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | 6.5 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | [email protected] (Primary) |
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-0111 (Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-0111 (US Government Resource)
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CVE record
- Title (CNA)
- PAN-OS: Authenticated File Read Vulnerability in the Management Web Interface
- Assigner
- palo_alto
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- 2025-02-12T20:58:43.387Z
- Updated
- 2026-02-26T19:08:49.500Z
- Problem types
- CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path
An authenticated file read vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software 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.
You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practices deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 .
This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access software.
References
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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)
D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.
CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path
D3FEND lists no defensive technique for this weakness.
D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.
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CWE-610: Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
- Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
- Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
- Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
- Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
- Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.
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https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2025-0111 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
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