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CVE-2025-2182

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-2182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS affecting PA-7500 Series devices in an NGFW cluster. It exposes the MACsec connectivity association key (CAK) in cleartext, allowing an attacker with physical access to read inter-device communications within the cluster. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.6 and is not applicable to non-clustered firewalls or clusters without MACsec enabled. There is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS
>= 11.1.0, < 11.1.10, >= 11.2.0, < 11.2.8CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

5.6MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
NONE
SS Confidentiality
HIGH
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
1.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0012 is in the 2nd percentile among its peer group of 48 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (18)

astropatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8 on PA-7500, 11.1.10 on PA-7500
View patch
asustorpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.1.10, 11.2.8
View patch
bigbluebuttonpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8
coollabspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8 on PA-7500, 11.1.10 on PA-7500
View patch
langgeniuspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.1.10, 11.2.8
View patch
lfedgepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.1.10 on PA-7500, 11.2.8 on PA-7500
View patch
linksyspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8 on PA-7500, 11.1.10 on PA-7500
View patch
mattermostpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8
View patch
meshtasticpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8 on PA-7500, 11.1.10 on PA-7500
meterspherepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8, 11.1.10
View patch
notaryprojectpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: All, All on devices other than PA-7500, >= 11.2.8 on PA-7500, >= 11.1.10 on PA-7500, All on PA-7500, All on PA-7500, All
View patch
nvidiapatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8, 11.1.10
View patch
opensslpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.1.10, 11.2.8
View patch
sitecorepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8
View patch
strapipatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.1.10, 11.2.8
View patch
vantage6patch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 11.2.8
View patch
wazuhpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: ['11.2.8', '11.1.10']
View patch
paloaltovendor investigatingvia vendor_rss
View patch

Vendor Advisories (18)

paloaltopaloalto:security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2182LOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK) (Severity: LOW)

Aug 13, 2025
wazuhllm-wazuh-dda036838fcc64caLOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
coollabsllm-coollabs-e9ffc585f253b551LOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
bigbluebuttonllm-bigbluebutton-e17da92ea22d884fLOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
sitecorellm-sitecore-b1eafe7b088b0ff7LOW

PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
notaryprojectllm-notaryproject-273a14ee9dec6dc9LOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
linksysllm-linksys-5e97c7ed284b5210LOW

PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
astrollm-astro-0694dfd76f044580LOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
vantage6llm-vantage6-b89cdca78802e89bLOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
strapillm-strapi-d288646c1b4fefaeLOW

PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
opensslllm-openssl-82a43e9033e5567eLOW

PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
nvidiallm-nvidia-bd5cb54c0abdbccfLOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
asustorllm-asustor-cca70813f2173226LOW

PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
meterspherellm-metersphere-573aadd90872a54dLOW

PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
lfedgellm-lfedge-9201573eb2a6ce55LOW

PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
meshtasticllm-meshtastic-f7f7edceefae7220LOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
langgeniusllm-langgenius-ff60a7ab63845452LOW

CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025
mattermostllm-mattermost-dae5cd09cf051767LOW

PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)

Aug 13, 2025

References

security.paloaltonetworks.com / CVE-2025-2182