CVE-2025-2182 — PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
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…
Published: 2025-08-13 · CVSS: 5.6 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7