CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2017-7945 — Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.8

The GlobalProtect external interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.17, 7.x before 7.0.15, 7.1.x before 7.1.9, and 8.x before 8.0.2 provides different error messages for failed login attempts depending on whether the username exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate account names and conduct brute-force attacks via a series of requests, aka PAN-SA-2017-0014 and PAN-72769.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.0)
Published
2017-04-29
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-209

Affected products

  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os / 7.0.0
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os / 7.0.1
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os / 7.0.2
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os / 7.0.3
  • paloaltonetworks / pan-os / 7.0.4

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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