CVE-2024-5916

PAN-OS: Cleartext Exposure of External System Secrets

MEDIUM

4.4

CVSS Score

Published: August 14, 2024 at 04:41 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:16 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorPAN-OSCloud NGFW

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Severity

MEDIUM4.4

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

An information exposure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables a local system administrator to unintentionally disclose secrets, passwords, and tokens of external systems. A read-only administrator who has access to the config log, can read secrets, passwords, and tokens to external systems.

Affected

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

PAN-OS · Palo Alto Networks

95%

10.2 ≤ v < 10.2.810.2.0 ≤ v < 10.2.811.0 ≤ v < 11.0.411.0.0 ≤ v < 11.0.410.2 11.0

Vendor states this is fixed in 10.1 (unaffected)

Affected range stops below 10.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in 11.1 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 9.1 (unaffected)

Cloud NGFW · Palo Alto Networks

60%

v < 8

Affected range stops below 8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in On or after 8/15 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in On or after 8/23 (unaffected)

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-2024-5916

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5916

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4.4MEDIUM[email protected]

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

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-313CWE-312

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