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CVE-2016-9151 json

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x befo…

published 2016-11-19 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9968

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted values of unspecified environment variables.

Patch / fix

  • paloaltonetworks pan-os 5.0.20, 5.1.13, 6.0.15, 6.1.15, 7.0.11, 7.1.6

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-40789)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-40789 Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_reboot' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2016-11-18
  • EDB-40788 Palo Alto Networks PanOS - 'root_trace' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2016-11-18

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.