A buffer overflow vulnerability in the IKEv2 processing of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the firewall, or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Panorama, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma® Access are not impacted by these vulnerabilities.
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
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| 4.0 | 7.2 | HIGH | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red |
VERSION MINOR VERSION SUGGESTED SOLUTION Cloud NGFW No action needed. PAN-OS 12.1 12.1.5 through 12.1.6 Upgrade to 12.1.7 or later. 12.1.2 through 12.1.4-h* Upgrade to 12.1.4-h5 or 12.1.7 or later. PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.11 or later Upgrade to 11.2.12 or later. 11.2.8 through 11.2.10-h* Upgrade to 11.2.10-h6 or 11.2.12 or later. 11.2.5 through 11.2.7-h* Upgrade to 11.2.7-h13 or 11.2.12 or later. 11.2.0 through 11.2.4-h* Upgrade to 11.2.4-h17 or 11.2.12 or later. PAN-OS 11.1 11.1.14 or later Upgrade to 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.11 through 11.1.13-h* Upgrade to 11.1.13-h5 or 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.8 through 11.1.10-h* Upgrade to 11.1.10-h25 or 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.7 through 11.1.7-h* Upgrade to 11.1.7-h6 or 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.5 through 11.1.6-h* Upgrade to 11.1.6-h32 or 11.1.15 or later. 11.1.0 through 11.1.4-h* Upgrade to 11.1.4-h33 or 11.1.15 or later. PAN-OS 10.2 No action needed. Prisma Access No action needed. All older unsupported PAN-OS versions Upgrade to a supported fixed version.
This issue requires IKEv2 VPN tunnels that is configured with Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC).
Customers using IKEv2 VPN can mitigate this issue by configuring IKEv2 VPN tunnels only with NIST approved Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) ciphers.
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
| Event | Date |
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| Initial publication. | 2026-05-13 16:00:00 |
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| https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0263 | vendor-advisory |
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