CVE-2023-0005: PAN-OS: Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-497

Description

A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to expose the plaintext values of secrets stored in the device configuration and encrypted API keys.

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 8.1.0 before 8.1.24; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.17; from 9.1.0 before 9.1.15; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.12; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.8; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.3 — fixed in 8.1.24, 9.0.17, 9.1.15, 10.0.12, 10.1.8, 10.2.3
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 10.2 before 10.2.3; from 10.1 before 10.1.8; from 10.0 before 10.0.12; from 9.1 before 9.1.15; from 9.0 before 9.0.17; from 8.1 before 8.1.24 — fixed in 10.2.3, 10.1.8, 10.0.12, 9.1.15, 9.0.17, 8.1.24

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.24, 9.0.17, 9.1.15, 10.0.12; Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.2.3, 10.1.8, 10.0.12, 9.1.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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