CVE-2025-2184 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-2184

Cortex XDR Broker VM: Secrets Shared Across Multiple Broker VM Images

Vulnerability Description

A credential management flaw in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM causes different Broker VM images to share identical default credentials for internal services. Users knowing these default credentials could access internal services on other Broker VM installations. The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This issue was discovered during an internal penetration test.

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Affected Vendor

Palo Alto Networks

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Affected Software

Cortex XDR Broker VM
Vulnerable Versions:
28.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 13th, 2025
Last Modified: August 13th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1392

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.