Prisma SD-WAN: Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability Through IPv6 Crafted Packet
A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION devices enables an unauthenticated attacker in a network adjacent to a Prisma SD-WAN ION device to cause a system disruption by sending a specially crafted IPv6 packet.
- Published
- May 13, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 6th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-606
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Action score
19
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · palo_alto
- 4.9
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| paloaltonetworks | prisma sd-wan | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:prisma_sd-wan |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 1200 | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_1200 |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 1200-c-na | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_1200-c-na |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 1200-c-row | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_1200-c-row |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 1200-c5g-ww | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_1200-c5g-ww |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 1200-s | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_1200-s |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 1200-s-c-na | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_1200-s-c-na |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 1200-s-c-row | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_1200-s-c-row |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 1200-s-c5g-ww | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_1200-s-c5g-ww |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 3102v | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_3102v |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 3104v | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_3104v |
| paloaltonetworks | ion 3108v | cpe:2.3:h:paloaltonetworks:ion_3108v |
and 8 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- paloaltonetworks prisma sd-wan6.3.1 and later · before 6.3.6
- paloaltonetworks prisma sd-wan6.4.1 and later · before 6.4.3
- paloaltonetworks prisma sd-wan6.5.1 and later · before 6.5.3
- paloaltonetworks prisma sd-wan6.3.6
- paloaltonetworks prisma sd-wan6.4.3
- paloaltonetworks prisma sd-wan6.5.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (palo_alto). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION
- 6.1.0, 5.6.0not affected
- 6.5.0 and later · before 25.3.3affectedfixed in 6.5.3-b15
- 6.4.0 and later · before 25.1.8affectedfixed in 6.4.3-b8
- 6.3.0 and later · before 24.3.6affectedfixed in 6.3.6-b10
Same product
paloaltonetworks: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-0244Prisma SD-WAN: Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability20Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION | 6.3.6-b10 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION | 6.4.3-b8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION | 6.5.3-b15 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-606 · Unchecked Input for Loop ConditionCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.