Palo Alto Networks — Security Activity Report

PAN-OS, GlobalProtect, Prisma, Cortex (PSIRT advisories)

Generated Aug 20, 2026Cohort: 9 vendors with ≥10 CVE advisoriesMethodology ↗

CVE Disclosure Volume

Total all-time: 56 CVEs with Palo Alto Networks advisories. Source: NVD CVE records joined with vendor advisory publish dates.

02022020230202402025562026

Severity Composition

at industry median

53.6% of Palo Alto Networks's 56 CVEs are CRITICAL or HIGH severity. Industry median: 53.6%. Source: NVD CVSS v3.1.

CRITICAL 6 (10.7%)HIGH 24 (42.9%)MEDIUM 22 (39.3%)LOW 4 (7.1%)

CISA KEV Listings

+2.7 pp

2 of 56 Palo Alto Networks CVEs in the last 3 years are on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (3.6%). Industry median: 0.9%.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (current snapshot). KEV listing means CISA observed active in-the-wild exploitation.

Vendor Patch Velocity

+0.1 days

Median time from CVE disclosure to Palo Alto Networks advisory: 7 days (p25 7 days – p75 7 days). Industry median: 7 days.

Sample size: 10 CVE→advisory pairs over the last 3 years. Source: vendor advisory published_at minus CVE published.

Top Recurring Weakness Classes

Most-frequently mapped CWEs across Palo Alto Networks's last 3 years of CVE disclosures. Source: NVD — CWE mapping per MITRE taxonomy.

  • CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation5 CVEs
  • CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write5 CVEs
  • CWE-754Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions4 CVEs
  • CWE-78OS Command Injection3 CVEs
  • CWE-79Cross-site Scripting (XSS)3 CVEs

Recent Security Advisories

Latest advisories published by Palo Alto Networks, straight from the vendor's own feed. Severity labels are the vendor's — scales differ across vendors.

Full advisory archive: /pulse/vendor-advisories →

Data sources & corrections

  • NVD National Vulnerability Database (nvd.nist.gov) — CVE records + CVSS v3.1 severity
  • MITRE cvelistV5 (github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5) — CNA-published CVE timestamps
  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)
  • Vendor security advisories (RHSA, USN, MSRC, GHSA, etc.) — published_at timestamps
  • MITRE CWE taxonomy (cwe.mitre.org) — weakness class mappings

Snapshot generated Aug 20, 2026. Industry medians refresh every 6 hours; raw vendor counts are queried live on each request.

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