CVE-2025-0111 | PAN-OS: Authenticated File Read Vulnerability in the Management Web Interface

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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.

Published: 2025-02-12 Last update: 2025-11-04 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-0111 is rated Critical Active Threat (84.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.69%). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2025-02-20) affecting Palo Alto Networks / PAN-OS. a weakness (CWE-610) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2025-0111

Name: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2025-02-20

Action due: 2025-03-13

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-0111

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-27 3.79% 3.69% -0.10%
2 2026-05-22 3.66% 3.79% +0.14%
3 2026-03-31 — 3.66% —

Full EPSS history (56 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-0111

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 4.0 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 Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:L)
Low privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:H)
High confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N)
No integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.
Exploit maturity (threat) (E:X)
Not defined: no reliable threat intelligence; scoring assumes the worst case (equivalent to Attacked).
Confidentiality requirement (CR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Integrity requirement (IR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Availability requirement (AR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Modified attack vector (MAV:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Vector (AV).
Modified attack complexity (MAC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Complexity (AC).
Modified attack requirements (MAT:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Requirements (AT).
Modified privileges required (MPR:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Privileges Required (PR).
Modified user interaction (MUI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base User Interaction (UI).
Modified vulnerable system confidentiality impact (MVC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VC metric.
Modified vulnerable system integrity impact (MVI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VI metric.
Modified vulnerable system availability impact (MVA:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VA metric.
Modified subsequent system confidentiality impact (MSC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SC metric.
Modified subsequent system integrity impact (MSI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SI metric.
Modified subsequent system availability impact (MSA:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SA metric.
Safety (supplemental) (S:X)
Not evaluated.
Automatable (supplemental) (AU:N)
No: attackers cannot reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation for this issue.
Recovery (supplemental) (R:U)
User: manual user intervention is needed to recover services.
Value density (supplemental) (V:C)
Concentrated: a single exploit event controls rich resources (e.g., a central server).
Vulnerability response effort (supplemental) (RE:M)
Moderate effort (remote update, disable subsystem, simple upgrade with minor service impact).
Provider urgency (supplemental) (U:RED)
Red: provider rates highest urgency.
 — — [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-0111

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-0111

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paloaltonetworks pan-os >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.14 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os >= 10.2.0, < 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os >= 10.2.10, < 10.2.12 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os >= 11.0.0, < 11.1.6 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os >= 11.2.0, < 11.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.1.14 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.1.14 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.1.14 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.1.14 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.1.14 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.1.14:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h12:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h16:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h18:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h19:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h21:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h6:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.7:h8:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h10:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h13:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h15:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h18:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h19:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.8:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h11:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h14:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h16:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h18:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h19:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.9 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.9:h9:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.12 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.12 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.12:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.12 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.12:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.12 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.12:h3:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.12 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.12:h4:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.13 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.13:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.13 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.13:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 10.2.13 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:10.2.13:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.1.6 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.1.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.4:h1:*:*:*:*:*:*
paloaltonetworks pan-os 11.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.2.4:h2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-0111

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