CVE-2026-0238 (GCVE-0-2026-0238)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 18:22 – Updated: 2026-05-13 18:55
VLAI?
Title
Broker VM: Improper Input Validation in Broker VM Certificate and Key Fields
Summary
A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Broker VM allows an authenticated administrator to inject arbitrary content into certain Broker VM fields.
Severity ?
1.1 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Broker VM Affected: 30.0 , < 30.0.24 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2026-05-13 16:00
Credits
This issue was discovered during an internal penetration test.
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