Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance with PAN-OS before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a craft…

published 2017-06-01 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-6470

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.9%; EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

Palo Alto Networks Panorama VM Appliance with PAN-OS before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted firmware image file.

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Exploit prediction

2.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

tenable.com https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2015-02 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

Technology feeds

Palo Alto PAN-OS rss critical rss

References

tenable.com /security/research/tra-2015-02
exploit, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/76862
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-6531
NVD CVE-2015-6531

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