Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2022-0022
Published: March 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61214
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0022
CWE-ID: CWE-916
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to decrypt credentials.
The vulnerability exists due to software does not use the sufficient level of computational effort when creating password hashes for local user account. A local privileged user can crack passwords.
The vulnerability affects only to PAN-OS firewalls and Panorama appliances running in normal (non-FIPS-CC) operational mode.
Affected software
Palo Alto PAN-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2022-0022
Install updates from vendor's website.
Palo Alto PAN-OS - addressed in versions 8.1.21, 9.1.11, 10.0.7