CVE-2020-2004

Summary

CVECVE-2020-2004
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-13 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-15 18:40:00 UTC
DescriptionUnder certain circumstances a user's password may be logged in cleartext in the PanGPS.log diagnostic file when logs are collected for troubleshooting on GlobalProtect app (also known as GlobalProtect Agent) for MacOS and Windows. For this issue to occur all of these conditions must be true: (1) 'Save User Credential' option should be set to 'Yes' in the GlobalProtect Portal's Agent configuration, (2) the GlobalProtect user manually selects a gateway, (3) and the logging level is set to 'Dump' while collecting troubleshooting logs. This issue does not affect GlobalProtect app on other platforms (for example iOS/Android/Linux). This issue affects GlobalProtect app 5.0 versions earlier than 5.0.9, GlobalProtect app 5.1 versions earlier than 5.1.2 on Windows or MacOS. Since becoming aware of the issue, Palo Alto Networks has safely deleted all the known GlobalProtectLogs zip files sent by customers with the credentials. We now filter and remove these credentials from all files sent to Customer Support. The GlobalProtectLogs zip files uploaded to Palo Alto Networks systems were only accessible by authorized personnel with valid Palo Alto Networks credentials. We do not have any evidence of malicious access or use of these credentials.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-532

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect All All All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect All All All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect All All All All
Application Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2020-2004 GlobalProtect App: Passwords may be logged in clear text while collecting troubleshooting logs CONFIRM security.paloaltonetworks.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: This issue was found by Navin Vasan of Palo Alto Networks during internal security review.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375899 Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App Clear Text Passwords Log Vulnerability (GPC-10404)

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