CVE•Published 2026-05-13•Modified 2026-06-01•3 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-0257Paloaltonetworks · Pan-os
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Description
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the GlobalProtect portal and gateway of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows the attacker to bypass security restrictions and establish an unauthorized VPN connection. Panorama and Cloud NGFW are not impacted by these issues.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-13
Modified 2026-06-01
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 tag442 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-0257Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Pan-os"Hosts Shodan identified as running Pan-os.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-0257Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-0257Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-0257Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-0257GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-0257" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (8)
CVE-2026-02578 repos
nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHubunknown
📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.
sfewer-r7/CVE-2026-0257Python
Proof-of-concept script to leverage the PAN-OS GlobalProtect authentication bypass CVE-2026-0257
akashsingh0454/CVE-2026-0257-PoCPython
tushargurav28/CVE-2026-0257Python
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains an authentication bypass caused by flaws in the GlobalProtect portal and gateway, letting attackers establish unauthorized VPN connections, explo…
homeofe/supply-chain-guardTypeScript
Open-source supply-chain security scanner for npm, PyPI, and VS Code extensions. Detects GlassWorm and similar malware campaigns.
0xBlackash/CVE-2026-0257unknown
CVE-2026-0257
Mr-Robot-LP/CVE-2026-0257unknown
Exploits the CVE-2026-0257 vulnerability by forging a GlobalProtect authentication override cookie using the TLS server's public key.
DevGreick/devgreickPython