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CVE-2012-6596

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 stores cleartext LDAP bind passwords in authd.log, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Ref ID 35493.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.0 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-255
EPSS score
1.3% (71th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-6443)
Published
August 31, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-6443 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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