CVE-2025-0111 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: file path flaw
In plain words: The program can be tricked into reading or writing files outside the folder it should stay in. Leaks files such as passwords and settings, or overwrites important ones.
Confirmed exploited by CISA on · US federal patch deadline Mar 13, 2025
What to do
- Install Palo Alto Networks's security update for PAN-OS. If no update exists, follow the vendor's workaround or stop using the product until one ships.
- Patch edge devices first — attackers often start scanning for them within hours of a fix.
- Never expose the device's admin page to the internet.
- After patching a device that was exposed, follow the vendor's compromise checks, end active sessions and change passwords.
Who is affected
Work IT. Aimed mostly at company systems — you are affected through the companies you use, not your own phone.
What's at risk: They face the internet and guard the whole network, so a flaw here can hand attackers a way in — and these devices usually run no antivirus, so break-ins go unnoticed.
The details
- Official name
- Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability
- Product
- Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
- CISA description
- Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains an external control of file name or path vulnerability. Successful exploitation 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.
- Type of flaw
- File path flaw (CWE-73)
- Confirmed exploited
- Feb 20, 2025
- US federal patch deadline
- Mar 13, 2025
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Questions about CVE-2025-0111
Is CVE-2025-0111 being exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2025-0111 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Feb 20, 2025, which means there is reliable evidence of real-world attacks.
How do I fix CVE-2025-0111?
Install Palo Alto Networks's security update for PAN-OS. If no update exists, follow the vendor's workaround or stop using the product until one ships. Patch edge devices first — attackers often start scanning for them within hours of a fix.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-0111?
Only if you use Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. Aimed mostly at company systems — you are affected through the companies you use, not your own phone.