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01 Record

CVE-2022-0019

GlobalProtect App: Insufficiently Protected Credentials Vulnerability on Linux

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: palo_alto
CNA base score4.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

02 Description

GlobalProtect App: Insufficiently Protected Credentials Vulnerability on Linux

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
0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 6.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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
2022-02-10 18:10Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 20:06Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-12-28
Assigning CNA
palo_alto
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.7)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
ae1e0e515ff9abb81e625d2712c2230196f01198afd180c1c22ced4cf9d96e15

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto NetworksGlobalProtect App5.3 to < 5.3.2, 5.2 to 5.2.7, 5.1 to < 5.1.10Linux

06 References

07 Remediation

This issue is fixed in GlobalProtect app 5.1.10 on Linux, GlobalProtect app 5.3.2 on Linux, and all later GlobalProtect app versions. Existing credentials files that are exposed by this issue will be secured when the fixed GlobalProtect app is launched.