CVE•Published 2026-05-13•Modified 2026-07-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-0240Paloaltonetworks · Trust_protection_foundation
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.7
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
11
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 89% of all CVEs
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability in Trust Protection Foundation enables an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information from the server's vault. Successful exploitation of this issue allows the attacker to impersonate any user within the environment and arbitrarily modify configuration settings.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-13
Modified 2026-07-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-0240Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Paloaltonetworks Trust Protection Foundation"All exposed Paloaltonetworks Trust Protection Foundation instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Trust Protection Foundation"HTTP body or banner mentions "Trust Protection Foundation" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-0240Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-0240Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-0240Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-0240GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-0240" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.