CVE-2021-3037

PAN-OS: Secrets for scheduled configuration exports are logged in system logs

At a glance

Severity: LOW 2.3
EPSS: EPSS 0.25 % · percentile 17 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-04-20
Updated: 2024-09-16
Assigner: palo_alto
NVD status: Modified

Description

An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software where the connection details for a scheduled configuration export are logged in system logs. Logged information includes the cleartext username, password, and IP address used to export the PAN-OS configuration to the destination server.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	LOW 2.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	palo_alto
CVSS 3.1	LOW 2.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	NVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	LOW 2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-26389
GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-3037

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2021-AVI-268 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits PaloAlto · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.1.0 < 8.1.19
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 9.0.0 < 9.0.13
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 9.1.0 < 9.1.4

Affected products

Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS	affected 8.1 < 8.1.19 ; affected 9.0 < 9.0.13 ; affected 9.1 < 9.1.4 ; unaffected 10.0.0 < 10.0*

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3037

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD