Arbitrary command execution via gNMI type parameter
Published Feb 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Command injection in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS OpenConfig Plugin before 2.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to run commands as root. The gNMI logging subscription passes shell substitution from its type parameter to Bash and treats the command output as the requested type. Exploitation requires the plugin to be enabled and administrator credentials able to access the management interface.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS OpenConfig Plugin before 2.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to run commands as root. The gNMI logging subscription passes shell substitution from its type parameter to Bash and treats the command output as the requested type. Exploitation requires the plugin to be enabled and administrator credentials able to access the management interface.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-0110
- Published
- Feb 12, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Palo Alto Networks
- Product
- PAN-OS OpenConfig Plugin
- Classifications
- CWE-78, CAPEC-88, T1059.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <2.1.2 changes=[{"at":"2.1.2","status":"unaffected"}]
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Google security-research gNMI command-injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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Reported exploitation
- PAN-OS vulnerability chain resulting in root accessexploit chain
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