CVE-2020-2044

PAN-OS: Passwords may be logged in clear text while storing operational command (op command) history

State: Published
Severity: 3.3 Low
Published: Sep 9, 2020
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Dec 4, 2019

Description

An information exposure through log file vulnerability where an administrator's password or other sensitive information may be logged in cleartext while using the CLI in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software. The opcmdhistory.log file was introduced to track operational command (op-command) usage but did not mask all sensitive information. The opcmdhistory.log file is removed in PAN-OS 9.1 and later PAN-OS versions. Command usage is recorded, instead, in the req_stats.log file in PAN-OS 9.1 and later PAN-OS versions. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	3.3 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-532 Information Exposure Through Log Files

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks	8.0.*Affected 8.1 to before 8.1.16Affectedfrom 8.1.16Not affected 9.0 to before 9.0.10Affectedfrom 9.0.10Not affected 9.1 to before 9.1.3Affectedfrom 9.1.3Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2044

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