The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-29014 with a CVSS score of 9.8, is a PHP code injection flaw that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability, which has a CVSS score of 9.3 when the User-ID Authentication Portal is exposed to untrusted networks, enables unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls.
The vulnerability specifically impacts the Android Debug Bridge daemon ("adbd"), a background process that facilitates communication between an Android device and a computer via the Android Debug Bridge tool.
Threat intelligence company Vega documented the attacks, which targeted organizations primarily in China that use Weaver E-cology for workflows, document management, and internal business processes.
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