Vendor evidence profile
Palo Alto Networks: what the public record shows
nexalign keeps a continuously updated evidence record on Palo Alto Networks for network security decisions: 116 items from 5 kinds of source, covering March 2022 to July 2026. Every item on this page links to the source it came from, carrying the date that source states and saying so plainly where it states none.
In one line
This record holds 98 advisories attributed to Palo Alto Networks products across 116 evidence items in total, 14 of them in the CISA catalogue of known exploited vulnerabilities. 100 percent of the record comes from sources Palo Alto Networks cannot edit. Whether Palo Alto Networks suits your decision is not on this page: that depends on your criteria, your compliance scope and your shortlist, and this record does not know them.
Evidence items
116
in this record
Attributed advisories
98
14 known exploited
Authoritative share
87%
government registers
Last checked
Jul 17, 2026
sources re-queried
How independent is this record
Sources are not equal. A vendor can rewrite its own website overnight and optimise it for whatever a language model is likely to quote. It cannot edit a government vulnerability register or a years-old discussion thread. Every item in this record is classified by how much the vendor could influence it, and the score below is the weighted result.
Independence of this record
Objectivity score 95/100
- Authoritative
- 101 items, 87 percent
- Independent
- 15 items, 13 percent
- Vendor-controlled
- 0 items, 0 percent
100 percent of this record comes from sources Palo Alto Networks does not control. The remainder is Palo Alto Networks's own material and is marked as such wherever it appears.
Where this record comes from
These are the sources that contributed to the Palo Alto Networks record, with the body that operates each one. No rating, score or ranking is taken from anywhere, and no vendor pays to appear in this index or to change what it says.
| Source | Operated by | Classification | Items | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Vulnerability Database | ENISA, European Union | Authoritative | 63 | Jul 09, 2026 |
| CERT-Bund security advisories | BSI, Federal Republic of Germany | Authoritative | 24 | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue | CISA, United States | Authoritative | 14 | May 29, 2026 |
| Engineering discussions | Hacker News, public threads | Independent | 13 | Jul 03, 2026 |
| Analyst, review and reference sources | Recognised analysts, review marketplaces and technology press | Independent | 2 | Jul 17, 2026 |
Documented vulnerabilities
Vulnerability registers are searched by keyword, so an advisory about a different product often mentions Palo Alto Networks in passing. An entry is only listed here when a structural signal ties it to a product of Palo Alto Networks: an advisory reference on the vendor's own domain, Palo Alto Networks as the assigning authority, or the affected product list naming it. 98 records passed that test.
- CVE-2026-0257criticalCVSS 7.8Known exploitedMay 29, 2026
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-0300criticalCVSS 9.3Known exploitedMay 06, 2026
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-0111criticalKnown exploitedFeb 20, 2025
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-0108criticalKnown exploitedFeb 18, 2025
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-3393criticalKnown exploitedDec 30, 2024
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Malicious DNS Packet Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-9474criticalKnown exploitedNov 18, 2024
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface OS Command Injection Vulnerability
92 further attributed records are held in the pool. DecisionOS shows the full set against the components you actually run.
What practitioners report
Public threads in which engineers and administrators discuss running this product. Only threads naming Palo Alto Networks in their own title are listed, so a discussion about someone else's incident cannot end up under this vendor. Not curated for sentiment: 13 threads in the record, most recent first.
- Hacker NewsJul 03, 2026Independent
Startup sues Palo Alto Networks' Koi Security due to AI-hallucinated report
- Hacker NewsNov 20, 2025Independent
Palo Alto Networks to buy Chronosphere for $3.35B
- Hacker NewsNov 19, 2025Independent
Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Chronosphere
- Hacker NewsOct 12, 2025Independent
Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks Devices Targeted in Coordinated Campaign
- Hacker NewsJul 30, 2025Independent
Palo Alto Networks agrees to buy CyberArk for $25B
Independent coverage
Recognised analysts, review marketplaces and neutral technology press that name Palo Alto Networks. This section runs on a fixed list of such outlets rather than on whatever a web search returns for the company name, because that search is dominated by sales-intelligence profiles and directory listings which say nothing about the product. Social networks and press-release wires are excluded outright.
- gartner.comdate not recordedIndependent
Palo Alto Networks Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights
The ledger counts 1 further item from these outlets that name Palo Alto Networks only in the body of the page, not in its title. Those are not listed here.
What Palo Alto Networks publishes about itself
The vendor's own documentation, kept separate from everything above and marked as vendor-controlled. It is useful, and it is a claim until an independent source confirms it.
What this record cannot tell you
A record is only trustworthy if it is explicit about its holes. These are the ones in the Palo Alto Networks record right now.
A further 1 register entries mention Palo Alto Networks without naming a product of Palo Alto Networks as affected. They are excluded rather than counted as vulnerabilities.
Pricing, contract terms, notice periods and support commitments are not part of any public register. They come from the vendor and belong in a negotiation record.
Certification status such as ISO 27001, SOC 2 or BSI C5 has to be checked against the current certificate and its stated scope. A valid certificate can still exclude the product being bought.
Whether Palo Alto Networks is the right choice is not on this page
A record of what is true about a vendor is one half of a decision. The other half is your context: which criteria matter, how heavily each one weighs, what is a hard no, and who has to sign the result off. No public page can know that, and any page that claims to rank vendors for you is guessing at it.
Typical criteria for this category
Needs your case- Detection Accuracy (MITRE ATT&CK coverage)weight
- MDR / Managed Detection & Responseweight
- Deployment Complexityweight
- Automated Response / Remediationweight
- SIEM Integrationweight
Criteria shown as examples for network security. Weighting and fit are properties of your decision, not of the vendor, so they are not published here.
What DecisionOS adds on top of this record
- The vendor scored against your criteria with your weighting, not against a generic ranking
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- This evidence mapped onto your compliance scope: NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2
- A decision memo your board can read, with the trade-offs and the reasoning on the record
Questions this page answers
Is Palo Alto Networks a safe choice?
The public record holds 98 advisories attributed to Palo Alto Networks products and 116 evidence items in total. 14 of them appear in the CISA catalogue of known exploited vulnerabilities. Whether that is acceptable depends on your risk appetite, your compliance scope and the alternatives on your shortlist, none of which a public page can know. This page reports the record; it does not rate the vendor.
Where does the Palo Alto Networks data on this page come from?
From 5 kinds of source: European Vulnerability Database, operated by ENISA, European Union; CERT-Bund security advisories, operated by BSI, Federal Republic of Germany; Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, operated by CISA, United States; Engineering discussions, operated by Hacker News, public threads; Analyst, review and reference sources, operated by Recognised analysts, review marketplaces and technology press. Every item carries its source URL and, where the source states one, its date.
Does Palo Alto Networks pay to appear in this index?
No. There is no paid placement, no sponsored profile and no way for a vendor to change what the record says. Vendors are listed because their category comes up in enterprise technology decisions. Corrections to a specific entry can be sent to [email protected] and are checked against the source.
How much of the Palo Alto Networks record is the vendor's own material?
0 percent. The remaining 100 percent comes from sources Palo Alto Networks does not control. Vendor-published material stays in the record and is labelled as vendor-controlled rather than counted as independent confirmation.
Why does this page not say whether Palo Alto Networks is better than the alternatives?
Because better only exists relative to a decision. Which criteria matter, how heavily each one weighs and what counts as a dealbreaker are properties of the buyer, not of the vendor. DecisionOS takes this same evidence pool and scores it against the criteria of an actual decision, which is where a comparison becomes meaningful.
How this record is built
Sources are queried on a schedule, not on request. Findings are stored with the source URL, the event date and a content hash, so the same item is never counted twice and every statement stays traceable to where it came from.
Nothing on this page is written by a language model. Counts are counts, dates are the dates the sources carry, and titles are the sources' own wording. Where a section is empty, that is a finding in itself and is stated as one.
Corrections are welcome. If an entry is wrong or an attribution is off, write to [email protected] and it gets checked against the source.
Citing this page
nexalign GmbH, Palo Alto Networks: what the public record shows, nexalign vendor evidence index, Jul 17, 2026. Available at nexalign.io/vendors/palo-alto-networks.
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