CVE-2026-45172 PUBLISHED

Idira Privileged Session Manager for SSH (PSMP): Arbitrary Command Execution via Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

Assigner: palo_alto
Reserved: 08.05.2026 Published: 11.06.2026 Updated: 12.06.2026

Due to incomplete input validation in Idira Privileged Session Manager for SSH (PSMP) versions prior to 15.0.2, 14.6.3, 14.2.5, and 14.0.6, an authenticated, low-privileged user could potentially execute arbitrary commands on the PSMP host. CyberArk Security Bulletins: CA26-17 and CA26-18

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor CyberArk Software, a Palo Alto Networks Company
Product PAM Self-Hosted, Privilege Cloud
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 14.0 to 14.0.6 (excl.)
  • affected from 14.2 to 14.2.5 (excl.)
  • affected from 14.6 to 14.6.3 (excl.)
  • affected from 15.0 to 15.0.2 (excl.)

Exploits

Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.

Credits

  • Palo Alto Networks thanks our internal security research teams for discovering and reporting this issue finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection