CVE-2021-3036
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-20 03:15
Modified
2024-09-17 04:28
Summary
PAN-OS: Administrator secrets are logged in web server logs when using the PAN-OS XML API incorrectly
Impacted products
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS
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