GlobalProtect App: Encrypted Credential Exposure via Log Files

published 2024-06-12 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-47040

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

A problem with the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app can result in exposure of encrypted user credentials, used for connecting to GlobalProtect, in application logs. Normally, these application logs are only viewable by local users and are included when generating logs for troubleshooting purposes. This means that these encrypted credentials are exposed to recipients of the application logs.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App 5.1.12, 6.0.8, 6.1.3, 6.2.3
paloaltonetworks globalprotect 5.1.12, 6.0.8, 6.1.3, 6.2.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-09)

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CNA	4.0	5.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App
paloaltonetworks globalprotect

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com /CVE-2024-5908
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-5908
NVD CVE-2024-5908

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Summary