CVE-2024-5916

PAN-OS: Cleartext Exposure of External System Secrets

Description

An information exposure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables a local system administrator to unintentionally disclose secrets, passwords, and tokens of external systems. A read-only administrator who has access to the config log, can read secrets, passwords, and tokens to external systems.

Remediation

Solution:

  • This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.2.8, PAN-OS 11.0.4, and all later PAN-OS versions. This issue is fixed in Cloud NGFW on or after 8/15 on Azure, Cloud NGFW on or after 8/23 on AWS, and all later Cloud NGFW versions. You should also revoke the secrets, passwords, and tokens that are configured in all server profiles of affected PAN-OS firewalls (Device > Server Profiles) after upgrading PAN-OS.

Categories

6.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 4.0 •
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory paloaltonetworks.com
Affected: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Affected: Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW
Affected: Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5916 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-5916?
CVE-2024-5916 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-5916?
To fix CVE-2024-5916: This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.2.8, PAN-OS 11.0.4, and all later PAN-OS versions. This issue is fixed in Cloud NGFW on or after 8/15 on Azure, Cloud NGFW on or after 8/23 on AWS, and all later Cloud NGFW versions. You should also revoke the secrets, passwords, and tokens that are configured in all server profiles of affected PAN-OS firewalls (Device > Server Profiles) after upgrading PAN-OS.
Is CVE-2024-5916 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-5916 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-5916?
CVE-2024-5916 affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access.
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