An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows that logs the cleartext credentials of the connecting GlobalProtect user when authenticating using Connect Before Logon feature. This issue impacts GlobalProtect App 5.2 versions earlier than 5.2.9 on Windows. This issue does not affect the GlobalProtect app on other platforms.

Related CVEs

CVE-2022-0021

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-c8q6-g23p-58gh

Published

February 11, 2022 12:00 AM

Last Modified

February 18, 2022 12:00 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 29, 2025 6:37 AM

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