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CVE-2025-2181

Checkov by Prisma Cloud: Cleartext Exposure of Credentials

Description

A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Checkov by Prisma® Cloud can result in the cleartext exposure of Prisma Cloud access keys in Checkov's output.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By palo_alto

  2. · 5 months later

    Published

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2025-2181, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
palo_altoCNA (assigner)4.0Medium5.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
palo_altoCNA (assigner)4.0Medium5.1CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
NVDNVD · Deferred4.0Medium5.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.17% · top 93% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Affected products

What to do

Solution: Version Minor Version Suggested Solution Checkov by Prisma Cloud 3.2 3.2.0 through 3.2.448 Upgrade to 3.2.449 or later. Checkov integration in Prisma Cloud is upgraded automatically when new versions become available. All Prisma Cloud access keys used by Checkov should be rotated after upgrading to a fixed version (this step is recommended for all modes of using Checkov).

Workaround: No known workarounds exist for this issue.

Exploitation: Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.

References

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Sources

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