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GHSA-5VH9-RP4F-879M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-13 18:31 – Updated: 2025-08-13 18:31

Details

A credential management flaw in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM causes different Broker VM images to share identical default credentials for internal services. Users knowing these default credentials could access internal services on other Broker VM installations.

The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

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CVE-2025-2184 (GCVE-0-2025-2184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 17:05 – Updated: 2025-08-13 20:33

Summary

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

CWE

CWE-1392 - Use of Default Credentials

Assigner

palo_alto

References

URL

Tags

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2184

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Broker VM	Affected: 28.0.0 , < 28.0.52 (custom)

Credits

This issue was discovered during an internal penetration test.

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-5VH9-RP4F-879M

CVE-2025-2184 (GCVE-0-2025-2184)

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