CVE-2023-6793 — An improper privilege management vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS soft

An improper privilege management vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated read-only administrator to revoke active XML API keys from the firewall and disrupt XML API usage.

01What is this vulnerability?

An improper privilege management vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated read-only administrator to revoke active XML API keys from the firewall and disrupt XML API usage.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Palo Alto Networks	PAN	OS — 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 11.1
Palo Alto Networks	Prisma Access	All
Palo Alto Networks	Cloud NGFW	All

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-13T18:40:54.955Z
• Last modified: 2024-12-02T14:27:51.212Z

09References

• security.paloaltonetworks.com — https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-6793