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CVE-2025-0132

📛 CVE Title

Cortex XDR Broker VM: Unauthenticated User Can Disable Internal Services

Description

A missing authentication vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an unauthenticated user to disable certain internal services on the Broker VM.  The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
palo_alto
CVSS severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
CVSS 6.9 / 10 6.9 6.9 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
Effective score
6.9 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
CWE-306
Reserved
2024-12-20
Published
2025-05-14 18:07 UTC
Last updated
2025-05-14 20:51 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2025/0xxx/CVE-2025-0132.json

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NVD published
2025-05-14 19:15:51 UTC
NVD last modified
2026-04-15 00:35:42 UTC
EPSS score
0.0036 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile
58.58% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

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EUVD ID
EUVD-2025-14908
Assigner
palo_alto
Published
May 14, 2025, 6:07:15 PM
Updated
May 14, 2025, 8:51:36 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)
6.9 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
EUVD-reported EPSS
0.3600
Vendors
Palo Alto Networks
Products
Cortex XDR Broker VM (26.0.0 <26.0.119)
Aliases
GHSA-26h9-w3fm-wprg

ENISA description: A missing authentication vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an unauthenticated user to disable certain internal services on the Broker VM.  The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

EUVD references (1)

Affected products (1)

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM 26.0.0 (affected)

Vendor references (1)

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Remediations (10)

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2025-0132.json.

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