01 Record
CVE-2021-3036
PAN-OS: Administrator secrets are logged in web server logs when using the PAN-OS XML API incorrectly
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score4.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
PAN-OS: Administrator secrets are logged in web server logs when using the PAN-OS XML API incorrectly
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 15.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-04-20 03:15Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 04:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-06
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-532Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log FileBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d193e5a8408061c21fad7d95f74ed26e7e6cb80dd542c2641a1f7ce352379cff
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3036
07 Remediation
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.19, PAN-OS 9.0.12, PAN-OS 9.1.6, PAN-OS 10.0.1, and all later PAN-OS versions. After you upgrade the PAN-OS appliance, you must change the passwords and generate a new API key for all impacted PAN-OS administrators.