CVE-2022-0022
PAN-OS: Use of a Weak Cryptographic Algorithm for Stored Password Hashes
02 Description
PAN-OS: Use of a Weak Cryptographic Algorithm for Stored Password Hashes
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
- 0.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 1.9% 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
- 2022-03-09 17:35Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-12-28
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-916Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational EffortBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 178268c54087dad095f367467cb7228fc674a0956e2467218cd5b1ea1f00f529
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2022-0022
07 Remediation
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.21, PAN-OS 9.1.11, PAN-OS 10.0.7, and all later PAN-OS versions. The passwords for all existing local user and administrator accounts must be changed after PAN-OS is upgraded to a fixed version to leverage the more secure cryptography for password hashes. You cannot update existing password hashes. All new local user and administrator accounts will use secure cryptography. PAN-OS 9.0 is end-of-life as of March 1, 2022, and is no longer covered by our Product Security Assurance policies.