Palo Alto Networks warns of DoS bug letting hackers disable firewalls

Published on January 15, 2026

Palo Alto Networks patched a high-severity vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to disable firewall protections in denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. [...]

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