CVE-2021-3032 PAN-OS: Configuration secrets for log forwarding may be logged in system logs

Medium 4.4 Published 13 Jan 2021 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Attackers with log access can read sensitive configuration secrets, including credentials and private keys, from PAN-OS system logs.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-3032?

CVE-2021-3032 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 13 Jan 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software where configuration secrets for the “http”, “email”, and “snmptrap” v3 log forwarding server profiles can be logged to the logrcvr.log system log. Logged information may include up to 1024 bytes of the configuration including the username and password in an encrypted form and private keys used in any certificate profiles set for log forwarding server profiles. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.18; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.12; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

Weakness: CWE-532

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-3032?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.

How do I fix CVE-2021-3032?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-3032 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-3032 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mpr2-984f-35c4.