CVE-2025-2184 (GCVE-0-2025-2184)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-13 17:05
Modified
2025-08-13 20:33
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
Summary
A credential management flaw in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM causes different Broker VM images to share identical default credentials for internal services. Users knowing these default credentials could access internal services on other Broker VM installations. The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2184
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM Version: 28.0.0   < 28.0.52
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