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Expired certificate acceptance in PAN-OS Terminal Server Agent connection validation

IdentifiersCVE-2026-0228CWE-295· Improper Certificate Validation

An improper certificate validation issue in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows Windows Terminal Server Agents to connect to PAN-OS using expired certificates, even when the PAN-OS configuration would normally reject such connections. This represents a failure to correctly enforce certificate validity period checks during agent authentication/connection establishment, enabling acceptance of certificates that should be considered invalid due to expiration.

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Acceptance of expired certificates weakens certificate-based trust and can allow unauthorized or policy-bypassing Terminal Server Agent connections to PAN-OS. This may undermine administrative intent and security controls that rely on strict certificate validity enforcement for agent connectivity.

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Upgrade to a PAN-OS fixed release as indicated by Palo Alto Networks for the affected trains (per the referenced advisories: PAN-OS 12.1 prior to 12.1.4; PAN-OS 11.2 prior to 11.2.8/11.2.10; PAN-OS 11.1 prior to 11.1.11; PAN-OS 10.2 prior to 10.2.17). For Prisma Access on PAN-OS, upgrade to fixed versions referenced (prior to 11.2.7-h10 and 10.2.10-h28 are affected).
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