PT-2025-33022 · Palo Alto Networks · Pa-7500 Series+1

Published 2025-03-10 · Updated 2025-08-13 · CVE-2025-2182

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® (affected versions not specified) PA-7500 Series devices in an NGFW cluster (affected versions not specified)

Description: A flaw in the implementation of the MACsec protocol can lead to the cleartext exposure of the connectivity association key (CAK). This issue affects PA-7500 Series devices operating within an NGFW cluster. A user with access to the exposed CAK can read messages transmitted between devices in the NGFW Cluster. This issue does not impact non-clustered firewalls or clusters that do not enable MACsec.

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

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-12675

CVE-2025-2182

Affected Products

Pa-7500 Series

Palo Alto Networks Pan-Os

References · 6

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2182 · Security Note
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-12675 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2182 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/132105 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1955683533319504297 · Twitter Post