CVE-2026-0288 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS in the User-ID Terminal Server Agent (TSA) component. The issue is caused by multiple buffer overflow flaws that can be triggered by sending specially crafted network traffic to the TSA service. According to the provided content, exploitation does not require authentication or user interaction on affected PAN-OS deployments and can lead to memory corruption. The vulnerability affects PAN-OS devices only when at least one Terminal Server Agent entry is configured under Device > User Identification > Terminal Server Agents. Panorama is not affected, and Cloud NGFW on AWS is not affected.
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