cve-2023-38046
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-07-12 16:20
Modified
2025-02-10 21:58
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Summary
A vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that enables an authenticated administrator with the privilege to commit a specifically created configuration to read local files and resources from the system.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-38046Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-38046Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Version: 11.0   < 11.0.1
Version: 10.2   < 10.2.4
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