CVE-2026-0312 (GCVE-0-2026-0312)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 20:28 – Updated: 2026-10-14 20:28
VLAI
Title
Checkov by Prisma Cloud: Path Traversal Vulnerabilities
Summary
Path traversal vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks Checkov by Prisma® Cloud enable an unauthenticated local user to write files to arbitrary locations on the scanning filesystem.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
palo_alto CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard A 95/100 over 95 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Palo Alto Networks Checkov by Prisma Cloud Affected: 0 , < 3.3.25 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:checkov_by_prisma_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-10-14 16:00
Credits
Muhammad Ibrahim Yuze Pan
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