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FKIE_CVE-2021-3049

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-09-08 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:04

Severity

2.6 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

An improper authorization vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR server enables an authenticated network-based attacker with investigation read permissions to download files from incident investigations of which they are aware but are not a part of. This issue impacts: All Cortex XSOAR 5.5.0 builds; Cortex XSOAR 6.1.0 builds earlier than 12099345. This issue does not impact Cortex XSOAR 6.2.0 versions.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@paloaltonetworks.com	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3049	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3049	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	5.5.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	5.5.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	5.5.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	5.5.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	5.5.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	5.5.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	6.1.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	6.1.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	6.1.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	6.1.0
paloaltonetworks	cortex_xsoar	6.1.0

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CVE-2021-3049 (GCVE-0-2021-3049)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-08 17:10 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:58

Title

Cortex XSOAR: Improper Authorization of Incident Investigations Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

2.6 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

Assigner

palo_alto mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3049	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XSOAR	Affected: 5.5.0 all Unaffected: 6.2.0 all Affected: 6.1.0 , < 12099345 (custom)

Date Public

2021-09-08 00:00

Credits

Palo Alto Networks would like to thank CAGIP for discovering and reporting this issue.

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