Vulnerability report

Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2025-0111

Cloud NGFW

Palo Alto Networks / Cloud NGFW · All

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Severity
CVSS 7.1 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
2.0%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2025-0111 is a vulnerability affecting Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW and 2 other products. An authenticated file read vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated attacker with...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV.

Who is affected?

Palo Alto Networks / Cloud NGFW all.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Cloud NGFW

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.

Palo Alto Networks Unaffected
Cloud NGFW
All
Palo Alto Networks Affected
PAN-OS
Before 10.1.14-h9 Before 10.2.7-h24 Before 11.1.6-h1 Before 11.2.4-h4
Palo Alto Networks Unaffected
Prisma Access
All
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Published
12 Feb 2025
Exploitation Reported
20 Feb 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None

Tags

edge cisa nessus_scanner

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 20 Feb 2025

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2025-02-20 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/216174 02 Jun 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

7.1 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

EPSS

2.0%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

External Control of File Name or Path CWE-73

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 09:25 UTC

    Nessus plugin available

    Scanner coverage available

  2. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. 20:58 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. 23:23 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2025-0111",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 7.1,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.01999,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}