CyberCVE

CVE-2025-0111

PAN-OS: Authenticated File Read Vulnerability in the Management Web Interface

Severity
High 7.1
CVSS 4.0
Exploited
Yes — in CISA KEV
Added Feb 20, 2025
EPSS
0.019
78.0th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Published by the vendor
Published
Feb 12, 2025
Assigned by palo_alto

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.

Weakness: CWE-73

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access SASE / SSE / Secure Web cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (3)
  • Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW
  • Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS
  • Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access

Credit

Émilio Gonzalez

Vendor remediation

Version Minor Version Suggested Solution PAN-OS 10.1 10.1.0 through 10.1.14 Upgrade to 10.1.14-h9 or later PAN-OS 10.2 10.2.0 through 10.2.13 Upgrade to 10.2.13-h3 or later  10.2.7Upgrade to 10.2.7-h24 or 10.2.13-h3 or later 10.2.8Upgrade to 10.2.8-h21 or 10.2.13-h3 or later 10.2.9Upgrade to 10.2.9-h21 or 10.2.13-h3 or later 10.2.10Upgrade to 10.2.10-h14 or 10.2.13-h3 or later 10.2.11Upgrade to 10.2.11-h12 or 10.2.13-h3 or later  10.2.12Upgrade to 10.2.12-h6 or 10.2.13-h3 or later PAN-OS 11.0 (EoL) Upgrade to a supported fixed versionPAN-OS 11.1 11.1.0 through 11.1.6 Upgrade to 11.1.6-h1 or later  11.1.2Upgrade to 11.1.2-h18 or 11.1.6-h1 or later PAN-OS 11.2 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 Upgrade to 11.2.4-h4 or laterNote: PAN-OS 11.0 reached end of life (EoL) on November 17, 2024. No additional fixes are planned for this release.

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