CVE-2025-2182

PAN-OS MACsec vulnerability (CVE-2025-2182) affects PA-7500 Series in NGFW clusters. The issue stems from the MACsec protocol implementation, allowing cleartext exposure of the connectivity association key (CAK). A CAK holder can read messages exchanged between devices within a clustered NGFW, wh...

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 only applicable to PA-7500 Series devices which are in an NGFW cluster. A user who possesses this key can read messages...