CVE-2023-6793

Summary

An improper privilege management vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated read-only administrator to revoke active XML API keys from the firewall and disrupt XML API usage.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.1 < Allunaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.0 < 9.0.17-h4affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.1 < 9.1.17affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS10.0 <= Allaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS10.1 < 10.1.11affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS10.2 < 10.2.5affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS11.0 < 11.0.2affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS11.1 < Allunaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma AccessAllunaffected
Palo Alto NetworksCloud NGFWAllunaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-269: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Workarounds

This issue requires the attacker to have authenticated access to the PAN-OS XML API. You can mitigate the impact of this issue by following the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References