Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2022-0022

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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
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0022
CWE-ID: CWE-916
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Software vendor:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Description

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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