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.
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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. | |
Title | Cortex XDR Broker VM: Secrets Shared Across Multiple Broker VM Images | |
Weaknesses | CWE-1392 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: palo_alto
Published: 2025-08-13T17:05:30.544Z
Updated: 2025-08-13T20:33:40.634Z
Reserved: 2025-03-10T17:56:27.007Z
Link: CVE-2025-2184

Updated: 2025-08-13T20:33:35.413Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-08-13T17:15:27.513
Modified: 2025-08-13T17:33:46.673
Link: CVE-2025-2184

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