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CVE-2012-6596

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.31%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2013-08-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects Palo Alto, PAN-OS.

CVE
CVE-2012-6596
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.31%
Palo Alto PAN-OS

Original NVD Description

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 stores cleartext LDAP bind passwords in authd.log, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Ref ID 35493.