PAN-OS: Secrets for scheduled configuration exports are logged in system logs

published 2021-04-20 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-26389

cvss: 2.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits: 0; none known

An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software where the connection details for a scheduled configuration export are logged in system logs. Logged information includes the cleartext username, password, and IP address used to export the PAN-OS configuration to the destination server.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.19, 9.0.13, 9.1.4

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Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-534 DEPRECATED: Information Exposure Through Debug Log Files
CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Technology feeds

Palo Alto PAN-OS rss critical rss

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2021-3037
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-3037
NVD CVE-2021-3037

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