CVE-2023-38046

PAN-OS: Read System Files and Resources During Configuration Commit

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 5.5
EPSS: EPSS 0.46 % · percentile 40 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-07-12
Updated: 2025-02-10
Assigner: palo_alto
NVD status: Modified

Description

A vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that enables an authenticated administrator with the privilege to commit a specifically created configuration to read local files and resources from the system.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N	palo_alto
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N	NVD · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-610

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-41872
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-38046

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0540 — Vulnérabilité dans Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.2.0 < 10.2.4
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks · PAN-OS	affected 11.0 < 11.0.1 ; affected 10.2 < 10.2.4 ; unaffected 10.1 ; unaffected 10.0 ; unaffected 9.1 ; unaffected 9.0
Palo Alto Networks · Cloud NGFW	unaffected All
Palo Alto Networks · Prisma Access	unaffected All

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-38046

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