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CVE-2025-2182 Details

ANALYZED

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Description

A problem with the implementation of the MACsec protocol in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® results in the cleartext exposure of the connectivity association key (CAK). This issue is only applicable to PA-7500 Series devices which are in an NGFW cluster. A user who possesses this key can read messages being sent between devices in a NGFW Cluster. There is no impact in non-clustered firewalls or clusters of firewalls that do not enable MACsec.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NDDVolerionCVSS-B:4.2 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2182 [email protected]AdvisoryRemedyVendor

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-312Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
>= 11.2.0, < 11.2.8 (semver)
>= 11.1.0, < 11.1.10 (semver)

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • Upgrade: 11.2.8moderate effort
  • Upgrade: 11.1.10moderate effort
Palo Alto Networks PA-7500
All versions

CPE

  • No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product.

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

3 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-2182
NVD Published Date:
Aug 13, 2025
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]