CVE-2023-0005: PAN-OS: Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability

CVE-2023-0005 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.1 MEDIUM

PAN-OS: Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability

Reported by palo_alto · Published April 12, 2023

A vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated administrator to expose the plaintext values of secrets stored in the device configuration and encrypted API keys.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

4.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	11.0, 10.2, 10.1
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access	All
Palo Alto Networks	Cloud NGFW	All
Palo Alto Networks	Cloud NGFW	*
Palo Alto Networks	PAN-OS	11.0, 10.2, 10.1
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access	*

Timeline

Apr 12, 2023 CVE Published
Apr 12, 2023 PoC Published
Apr 13, 2023 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
May 22, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
Jun 2, 2026 Security Advisory

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2023-0005
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2023-0005

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2023-0005/fixes/registry"

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