CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-3036
4.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-532
Description
An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software where secrets in PAN-OS XML API requests are logged in cleartext to the web server logs when the API is used incorrectly. This vulnerability applies only to PAN-OS appliances that are configured to use the PAN-OS XML API and exists only when a client includes a duplicate API parameter in API requests. Logged information includes the cleartext username, password, and API key of the administrator making the PAN-OS XML API request.
Affected configurations
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 8.1.0 < 8.1.19)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.12)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 9.1.0 < 9.1.6)
• paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File weakness
References
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3036 Vendor Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3036 Vendor Advisory