# CVE-2025-0138: Prisma Cloud Compute Edition: Insufficient Session Expiration Vulnerability in the Web Interface

> Attackers can maintain unauthorized access via active sessions of deleted users in Prisma Cloud Compute Edition web interface.

- **Severity:** Low 2.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2025
- **Updated:** 23 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gx4r-c3v7-5x28

## What is CVE-2025-0138?

CVE-2025-0138 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Compute in Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition, published on 14 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Web sessions in the web interface of Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Cloud Compute Edition do not expire when users are deleted, which makes Prisma Cloud Compute Edition susceptible to unauthorized access.

Compute in Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition is not affected by this issue.

Weakness: CWE-613 (DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0138?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-0138?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0138 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0138 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0138 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Compute in Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition, published on 14 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Palo Alto Networks Compute in Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0138/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0138/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0138
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0138
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0138

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0138/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.