CVE-2025-2184

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

13/08/2025

Last modified:

13/08/2025

Description

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.<br /> <br /> The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

Impact

Vector 4.0

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 CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.30 MEDIUM
Vector: 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

Attack Vector (AV): Physical
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Automatable (AU): Yes
Recovery (R): User
Value Density (V): Concentrated
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Moderate
Provider Urgency (U): Amber

Base Score 4.0

5.30

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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