CVE-2025-2182

5.6 mediumEPSS 0.1%

Medium (5.6). EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A problem with the implementation of the MACsec protocol in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® results in the cleartext exposure of the connectivity association key (CAK). This issue is only applicable to PA-7500 Series devices which are in an NGFW cluster. A user who possesses this key can read messages being sent between devices in a NGFW Cluster. There is no impact in non-clustered firewalls or clusters of firewalls that do not enable MACsec.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

5.6 medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 1% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-312
Published: 2025-08-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2182

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