Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Checkov by Prisma Cloud - CVE-2025-2180

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Checkov by Prisma Cloud - CVE-2025-2180

Published: August 14, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114074
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-2180
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Checkov by Prisma Cloud

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A local attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-2180

Install updates from vendor's website.

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