CVE-2024-5916

PAN-OS: Cleartext Exposure of External System Secrets

Published Aug 14, 2024 CVSS 4.0 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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

Vendor 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.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-47048 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00066}

epss

{'score': 0.0005}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Paloaltonetworks
Paloaltonetworks pan-os
Weaknesses CWE-312
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Paloaltonetworks
Paloaltonetworks pan-os
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title PAN-OS: Cleartext Exposure of External System Secrets
Weaknesses CWE-313
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Amber'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
palo_alto
Published
Updated
Apr 30, 2025, 6:33 PM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2024, 3:27 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 14, 2024, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:16 AM