CVE-2020-2043

LOW

PAN-OS 8.1.0-8.1.15 - Sensitive Information Exposure in Configuration Logs

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An information exposure through log file vulnerability where sensitive fields are recorded in the configuration log without masking on Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software when the after-change-detail custom syslog field is enabled for configuration logs and the sensitive field appears multiple times in one log entry. The first instance of the sensitive field is masked but subsequent instances are left in clear text. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.4.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2043

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0073
EPSS Percentile 49.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-532
Status published
Products (1)
paloaltonetworks/pan-os 8.1.0 - 8.1.15
Published Sep 09, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026