PAN-OS: XML API Keys Revoked by Read-Only PAN-OS Administrator

published 2023-12-13 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-59004

cvss: 2.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

An improper privilege management vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated read-only administrator to revoke active XML API keys from the firewall and disrupt XML API usage.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.24-h1, 9.0.17-h4, 9.1.17, 10.1.11, 10.2.5, 11.0.2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-24-102-04 updated 2025-05-13 cvss 2.7

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808
affected: vendor fix

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-12-02)

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.1	2.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Technology feeds

Palo Alto PAN-OS rss critical rss

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2023-6793
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-6793
NVD CVE-2023-6793

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Summary