CVE-2025-2182
PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
02 Description
PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.11% 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
- 5.6 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. 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
- 2025-08-13 17:03Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-08-13 20:32Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-03-10
- Assigning CNA
- palo_alto
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-312Cleartext Storage of Sensitive InformationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9a94baf993e03fd502f326a1575d37ec5a4518200c1660bc3e050eeba13c9357
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2182
07 Remediation
Version Minor Version Suggested Solution Cloud NGFW No action needed. PAN-OS 11.2 on PA-7500 11.2.0 through 11.2.7 Upgrade to 11.2.8 or later. PAN-OS 11.1 on PA-7500 11.1.0 through 11.1.9 Upgrade to 11.1.10 or later. PAN-OS 10.2 on PA-7500 No action needed.PAN-OS 10.1 on PA-7500 No action needed.PAN-OS on devices other than PA-7500 No action needed.All older unsupported PAN-OS versions Upgrade to a supported fixed version.Prisma Access No action needed.