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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | PAN-OS | >= 11.1.0, < 11.1.10, >= 11.2.0, < 11.2.8CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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
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CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK) (Severity: LOW)
Aug 13, 2025CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025CVE-2025-2182 PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
Aug 13, 2025