Palo Alto Cloud NGFW/PAN-OS/Prisma Access Management Interface session fixiation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in session fixiation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-0126. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access (affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session fixiation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-384. Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

When configured using SAML, a session fixation vulnerability in the GlobalProtect™ login enables an attacker to impersonate a legitimate authorized user and perform actions as that GlobalProtect user. This requires the legitimate user to first click on a malicious link provided by the attacker. The SAML login for the PAN-OS® management interface is not affected. Additionally, this issue does not affect Cloud NGFW and all Prisma® Access instances are proactively patched.

The weakness was released by D'angelo Gonzalez. It is possible to read the advisory at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-0126 since 12/21/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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• Firewall Software

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• Palo Alto

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• Cloud NGFW
• PAN-OS
• Prisma Access

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

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