CVE-2023-6791: PAN-OS: Plaintext Disclosure of External System Integration Credentials

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-701

Description

A credential disclosure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated read-only administrator to obtain the plaintext credentials of stored external system integrations such as LDAP, SCP, RADIUS, TACACS+, and SNMP from the web interface.

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 9.1.16; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.12; from 10.1.0 before 10.1.9; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.4 — fixed in 8.1.24, 9.0.17, 9.1.16, 10.0.12, 10.1.9, 10.2.4
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 8.1 before 8.1.24-h1; from 9.0 before 9.0.17; from 9.1 before 9.1.16; from 10.0 before 10.0.12; from 10.1 before 10.1.9; from 10.2 before 10.2.4 — fixed in 8.1.24-h1, 9.0.17, 9.1.16, 10.0.12, 10.1.9, 10.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.24, 9.0.17, 9.1.16, 10.0.12; Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.24-h1, 9.0.17, 9.1.16, 10.0.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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