Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2025 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2025-2184Cortex XDR Broker VM: Secrets Shared Across Multiple Broker VM Images

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cortex XDR Broker VM from Palo Alto Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Broker VM	28.0.0 – before 28.0.52

Weakness: CWE-1392 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2184 vendor-advisory