Palo Alto PAN-OS Buffer Overflow Lets Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code as Root

Palo Alto Networks has announced a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS that may allow unauthenticated, network-based attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on affected PA-Series hardware firewalls. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-0310 and stems from PAN-OS XML processing. It impacts both the firewall...