What is CVE-2025-4231?

CVE-2025-4231 is a high-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cloud Ngfw, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-4231?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Palo Alto Networks Cloud Ngfw

CVE-2025-4231

A command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® enables an authenticated administrative user to perform actions as the root user. The attacker must have network access to the management web interface and successfully authenticate to exploit this issue. Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Cloud Ngfw — versions All
Palo Alto Networks Pan-os — versions 11.2.0, 11.1.0, 11.0.0
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access — versions All
Paloaltonetworks Pan-os

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-4231?: CVE-2025-4231 is a high-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cloud Ngfw, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-4231?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.