CVE-2026-0288 PUBLISHED

PAN-OS: Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in User-ID Terminal Server Agent

Assigner: palo_alto
Reserved: 03.11.2025 Published: 08.07.2026 Updated: 09.07.2026

Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the User-ID Terminal Server Agent (TSA) component of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted network traffic.

The security risk posed by this issue is minimized when the User-ID Terminal Server Agent connectivity is restricted to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practice deployment guidelines https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/ngfw/help/10-2/user-identification/device-user-identification-terminal-services-agents#:~:text=To%20minimize%20security%20risk%2C%20restrict%20TS%20Agent%20connectivity%20to%20trusted%20internal%20IP%20addresses%20only. .

Panorama is not impacted by this vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Red
CVSS Score: 7.2

The risk is highest when you configure the User-ID Terminal Server Agent (TSA) IP and port access from the Internet or any untrusted network.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CVSS Score: 5.2

You can reduce the risk of exploitation by restricting User-ID Terminal Server Agent (TSA) IP and port access to only trusted internal IP addresses and preventing its exposure to the internet.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CVSS Score: 4.8

The risk of exploitation is lower for Prisma Access as it requires an authenticated user and the external network access to the User-ID Terminal Server Agent (TSA) IP and port is restricted.

Product Status

Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product Cloud NGFW
Versions Default: affected
  • Version All is unaffected
Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product PAN-OS
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 12.1.0 to 12.1.8 (excl.)
  • affected from 11.2.0 to 11.2.13 (excl.)
  • affected from 11.1.0 to 11.1.16 (excl.)
  • affected from 10.2.0 to 10.2.7-h36 (excl.)
Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product Prisma Access
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 11.2.0 to 11.2.7-h18 (excl.)
  • affected from 10.2.0 to 10.2.10-h39 (excl.)

Exploits

Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of these issues.

Credits

  • Liang Zhu finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers