CVE-2025-4234 (GCVE-0-2025-4234)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-12 17:18 – Updated: 2025-09-13 03:55
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Summary
A problem with the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack can result in exposure of user credentials in application logs. Normally, these application logs are only viewable by local users and are included when generating logs for troubleshooting purposes. This means that these credentials are exposed to recipients of the application logs.
Severity ?
2.4 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack Affected: 4.6.0 , < 11.0.2-133 (custom)
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RC
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