CVE-2021-3036CWE-532

PAN-OS: Administrator secrets are logged in web server logs when using the PAN-OS XML API incorrectly

Medium · published April 20, 2021

CVSS v3.1
4.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software where secrets in PAN-OS XML API requests are logged in cleartext to the web server logs when the API is used incorrectly. This vulnerability applies only to PAN-OS appliances that are configured to use the PAN-OS XML API and exists only when a client includes a duplicate API parameter in API requests. Logged information includes the cleartext username, password, and API key of the administrator making the PAN-OS XML API request.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00248 · 15.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-532 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Published
2021-04-20T03:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 APR 03:15Z
    PAN-OS: Administrator secrets are logged in web server logs when using the PAN-OS XML API incorrectly
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