CVE-2025-4235 User-ID Credential Agent: Cleartext Exposure of Service Account password
Unprivileged users can expose service account passwords in specific configurations, enabling privilege escalation and network security policy bypass.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4235?
CVE-2025-4235 is a high-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks User-ID Credential Agent, published on 12 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An information exposure vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks User-ID Credential Agent (Windows-based) can expose the service account password under specific non-default configurations. This allows an unprivileged Domain User to escalate privileges by exploiting the account’s permissions. The impact varies by configuration: * Minimally Privileged Accounts: Enable disruption of User-ID Credential Agent operations (e.g., uninstalling or disabling the agent service), weakening network security policies that leverage Credential Phishing Prevention https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/advanced-url-filtering/administration/url-filtering-features/credential-phishing-prevention under a Domain Credential Filter https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/advanced-url-filtering/administration/url-filtering-features/credential-phishing-prevention/methods-to-check-for-corporate-credential-submissions configuration. * Elevated Accounts (Server Operator, Domain Join, Legacy Features): Permit increased impacts, including server control (e.g., shutdown/restart), domain manipulation (e.g., rogue computer objects), and network compromise via reconnaissance or client probing.
Weakness: CWE-497
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4235?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4235?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4235 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-4235 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4235 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x6h5-43x9-rq83.