CVE-2025-2180 (GCVE-0-2025-2180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 17:02 – Updated: 2025-08-13 17:21
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Summary
An unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Checkov by Prisma® Cloud allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code as a non administrative user by scanning a malicious terraform file when using Checkov in Prisma® Cloud. This issue impacts Checkov 3.0 versions earlier than Checkov 3.2.415.
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
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Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Checkov by Prisma Cloud Affected: 3.2.0 , < 3.2.415 (custom)
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Credits
Palo Alto Networks thanks Bryan Eastes for discovering and reporting this issue.
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