PT-2021-18722 · Palo Alto Networks · Pan-Os

David Tien · Published 2021-04-14 · Updated 2021-04-24 · CVE-2021-3036

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS (affected versions not specified)

Description An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software. This issue occurs when the PAN-OS XML API is used incorrectly, specifically when a client includes a duplicate API parameter in API requests. As a result, secrets in PAN-OS XML API requests are logged in cleartext to the web server logs. The logged information includes the cleartext username, password, and API key of the administrator making the PAN-OS XML API request.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Insertion into Log File

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-532

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-3036

Affected Products

Pan-Os

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3036 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/13654 · Telegram Post