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Critical Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS DNS Heap Overflow Affects Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808, Scores 9.8

Last refreshed2026-09-26

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-0264

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-0264
CVSS Score / Version9.8 (Critical) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-09-24
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Proseattack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected productsSiemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Firmware and Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Classified asCWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow)
Exploitation prediction (EPSS)0.47% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (38% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model.

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
SiemensRUGGEDCOM APE1808 Firmware
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS
SubsystemsPLC/PAC/RTU
SectorsCritical Manufacturing, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Multi-sector, Transportation Systems

What to Know

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the DNS proxy and DNS Server features of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® Software allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition (all PAN-OS platforms except Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access) or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted network traffic (PA-Series hardware only).

Panorama, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma® Access are not impacted by this vulnerability.

What to Do

Monitor Siemens's and Palo Alto Networks's web pages for any future patch releases. See vendor advisory link below.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0264
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0264
Vendor advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0264