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Palo Alto Networks Discloses Active Exploitation of PAN-OS Flaw Enabling Espionage

Palo Alto Networks has uncovered active exploitation of a high-severity flaw in PAN-OS software, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges and inject shellcode into vulnerable systems. This critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0300, enables unauthenticated remote code execution, putting affected appliances at risk of espionage.

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Palo Alto Firewalls Targeted in Active Exploitation

Thousands of Palo Alto firewalls are at risk due to an actively exploited vulnerability, CVE-2026-0300, that allows hackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This alarming flaw affects 5,821 internet-exposed VM-Series firewalls, leaving them open to potential cyber attacks.

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