Description
A credential management flaw in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM causes different Broker VM images to share identical default credentials for internal services. Users knowing these default credentials could access internal services on other Broker VM installations. The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.
Problem types
CWE-1392: Use of Default Credentials
Product status
28.0.0 before 28.0.52
Timeline
2025-08-13: | Initial Publication |
Credits
This issue was discovered during an internal penetration test.
References
security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2184