CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects Palo Alto, PAN-OS. It is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, indicating confirmed active exploitation in the wild. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.
CISA KEV Details
Status: This CVE is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Ransomware use: Unknown
Added to KEV: 2025-02-20
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Original NVD Description
An authenticated file read vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to read files on the PAN-OS filesystem that are readable by the “nobody” user. You can greatly reduce the risk of this issue by restricting access to the management web interface to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practices deployment guidelines https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/community-blogs/tips-amp-tricks-how-to-secure-the-management-access-of-your-palo/ba-p/464431 . This issue does not affect Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access software.
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