CVE-2026-0229

Summary

A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Advanced DNS Security (ADNS) feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an unauthenticated attacker to initiate system reboots using a maliciously crafted packet. Repeated attempts to initiate a reboot causes the firewall to enter maintenance mode.

Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access® are not impacted by this vulnerability.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksCloud NGFWAllunaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS12.1.0 < 12.1.4affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS11.2.0 < 11.2.10affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS11.1.0 < 11.1.11unaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS10.2.0 < 10.2.17unaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma AccessAll < 10.2.10-h28unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-754: CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Workarounds

No known workarounds exist for this issue. Due to the nature of this vulnerability, a Threat Prevention Signature to detect this is also not possible.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

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