CVE-2023-6791

PAN-OS: Plaintext Disclosure of External System Integration Credentials

MEDIUM

4.9

CVSS Score

Published: December 13, 2023 at 06:30 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:51 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPAN-OS

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Severity

MEDIUM4.9

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

SSVC

No known exploit

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

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

PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks

95%

10.0 ≤ v < 10.0.1210.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.1210.1 ≤ v < 10.1.910.1.0 ≤ v < 10.1.910.2 ≤ v < 10.2.410.2.0 ≤ v < 10.2.411.0 ≤ v < 11.0.18.1 ≤ v < 8.1.24-h18.1.0 ≤ v < 8.1.249.0 ≤ v < 9.0.179.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.179.1 ≤ v < 9.1.169.1.0 ≤ v < 9.1.1610.010.110.2 11.0 11.0.0 8.1 9.0 9.1

Affected range stops below 10.0.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 10.1.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 10.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in 11.1 (unaffected)

Affected range stops below 8.1.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 8.1.24-h1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.0.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.1.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6791

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6791

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.9MEDIUMpalo_alto

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

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-701CWE-522

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