CVE-2025-2182

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Publication date:

13/08/2025

Last modified:

13/08/2025

Description

A problem with the implementation of the MACsec protocol in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® results in the cleartext exposure of the connectivity association key (CAK). This issue is only applicable to PA-7500 Series devices which are in an NGFW cluster.<br /> A user who possesses this key can read messages being sent between devices in a NGFW Cluster. There is no impact in non-clustered firewalls or clusters of firewalls that do not enable MACsec.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.60 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Attack Vector (AV): Physical
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Automatable (AU): No
Recovery (R): Automatic
Value Density (V): Diffuse
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Moderate
Provider Urgency (U): Amber

Base Score 4.0

5.60

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2182