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CVE-2026-0259 json

WildFire WF-500 and WF-500-B: Arbitrary File Read and Delete Vulnerability in WildFire Appliance (WF-500, WF-500-B)

published 5mo ago modified 14d ago also EUVD-2026-30106

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An arbitrary File Read and Delete Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks WildFire® WF-500 and WF-500-B appliances enables users to read sensitive information and delete arbitrary files. This vulnerability affects WF-500 and WF-500-B appliances running in the default non-FIPS configuration mode.

The WildFire Appliance (WF-500, WF-500-B) software update is now available to customers that use the WildFire Appliance (WF-500, WF-500-B) for on-premise sandboxing.

Please note that customers using the WildFire Public cloud service are NOT impacted by this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • Palo Alto Networks WildFire WF-500 and WF-500-B 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.18-h6, 10.2.16-h7, 10.2.13-h21, 10.2.10-h36, 10.2.7-h34, 11.1.4-h33, 11.1.6-h32, 11.1.7-h6, 11.1.10-h25, 11.1.13-h5, 11.1.13,11.1.10-h8, 11.1.15, 11.2.4-h17, 11.2.7-h13, 11.2.10-h6, 11.2.11,11.2.7-h7, 11.2.12, 12.1.4-h5, 12.1.7, 12.1.7, 12.1.4-h5

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
CNA 4.0 5.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Palo Alto Networks WildFire WF-500 and WF-500-B

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
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References

Sources

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