CVE-2021-3049

Cortex XSOAR: Improper Authorization of Incident Investigations Vulnerability

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 8, 2021 at 05:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCortex XSOAR

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

An improper authorization vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR server enables an authenticated network-based attacker with investigation read permissions to download files from incident investigations of which they are aware but are not a part of. This issue impacts: All Cortex XSOAR 5.5.0 builds; Cortex XSOAR 6.1.0 builds earlier than 12099345. This issue does not impact Cortex XSOAR 6.2.0 versions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 12099345, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.0 all (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-285NVD-CWE-Other

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