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CVE-2024-5916

UNKNOWN
Published 2024-08-14T16:41:15.812Z
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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.

Understanding This Vulnerability

This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry provides detailed information about a security vulnerability that has been publicly disclosed. CVEs are standardized identifiers assigned by MITRE Corporation to track and catalog security vulnerabilities across software and hardware products.

The severity rating (UNKNOWN) indicates the potential impact of this vulnerability based on the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) framework. Higher severity ratings typically indicate vulnerabilities that could lead to more significant security breaches if exploited. Security teams should prioritize remediation efforts based on severity, exploit availability, and the EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score, which predicts the likelihood of exploitation in the wild.

If this vulnerability affects products or systems in your infrastructure, we recommend reviewing the affected products section, checking for available patches or updates from vendors, and implementing recommended workarounds or solutions until a permanent fix is available. Organizations should also monitor security advisories and threat intelligence feeds for updates about active exploitation of this vulnerability.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

References

Solutions

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.

Credits & Acknowledgments

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Hari Yadavalli of Palo Alto Networks

Timeline

Updated fix availability for PAN-OS 10.2

Initial publication

EU Vulnerability Database

Monitored by ENISA for EU cybersecurity

EU Coordination

EU Coordinated

Exploitation Status

No Known Exploitation

ENISA Analysis

Malicious code in bioql (PyPI)

Affected Products (ENISA)

palo alto networks
cloud ngfw

ENISA Scoring

CVSS Score (4.0)

6.0
/10
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

EPSS Score

0.070
probability

Data provided by ENISA EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated: October 3, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-cvjp-23hx-635r

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: August 14, 2024, Modified: August 20, 2024

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Published: 2024-08-14T16:41:15.812Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-30T18:33:26.243Z
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