CVE-2022-0021

GlobalProtect App: Information Exposure Vulnerability When Using Connect Before Logon

State: Published
Severity: 3.3 Low
Published: Feb 10, 2022
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Dec 28, 2021

Description

An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows that logs the cleartext credentials of the connecting GlobalProtect user when authenticating using Connect Before Logon feature. This issue impacts GlobalProtect App 5.2 versions earlier than 5.2.9 on Windows. This issue does not affect the GlobalProtect app on other platforms.

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
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks	5.2 to before 5.2.9Affectedfrom 5.2.9Not affected
GlobalProtect AppPalo Alto Networks	5.1.Not affected 5.3.Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0021

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