# Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/palo-alto-networks-pan-os

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Next-generation firewalls](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/next-generation-firewalls/index.md) | 0% | 78 | 100% | 3 |

## And against it

- "Critical, actively exploited flaws in 2024... The NCSC warned of the security vulnerability in Palo Alto's Next-Generation Firewall" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Firewalls)
- "Critical zero-day vulnerability (PAN-SA-2024-0015, CVSS 9.3) actively exploited in November 2024" (MiniMax M2.5, Firewalls)
- "Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, and Fortinet FortiGate/FortiOS—not because they're uniquely bad, but because they're widely deployed and therefore heavily targeted" (GPT-5.4 mini, Firewalls)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cisa.gov: 2
- crn.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- aviatrix.ai: 1
- bacs.admin.ch: 1
- blog.checkpoint.com: 1
- cisco.com: 1
- comparisec.com: 1
- cybersecuritynews.com: 1
- datacipher.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://crn.com/news/security/2024/network-security-devices-are-the-front-door-to-an-it-environment-but-are-they-under-lock-and-key: 2
- https://reddit.com/r/networking/comments/1mhl1dt/nsgw_options: 2
- https://aviatrix.ai/threat-research-center/watchguard-firebox-cisa-2024-network-vuln: 1
- https://bacs.admin.ch/en/24palo-alto-en: 1
- https://blog.checkpoint.com/security/stop-chasing-breaches-build-a-resilient-security-architecture: 1
- https://cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-317a: 1
- https://cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2025-08/CSA_COUNTERING_CHINA_STATE_ACTORS_COMPROMISE_OF_NETWORKS.pdf: 1
- https://cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-asaftd-vpn-m9sx6MbC.html: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.