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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-2184

A credential management flaw in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM causes different Broker VM images to share identical default credentials for internal services.

Published Aug 13, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 13, 2025 · Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-2184. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.17%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM 28.0.0 <28.0.52

A credential management flaw in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM causes different Broker VM images to share identical default credentials for internal services. Users knowing these default credentials could access internal services on other Broker VM installations. The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM 28.0.0 <28.0.5228.0.0 <28.0.52

How to fix CVE-2025-2184

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-2184. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM 28.0.0 <28.0.52 28.0.0 <28.0.52. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.17%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A credential management flaw in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM causes different Broker VM images to share identical default credentials for internal services. Users knowing these default credentials could access internal services on other Broker VM installations. The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

  2. Aug 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    A credential management flaw in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM causes different Broker VM images to share identical default credentials for internal services. Users knowing these default credentials could access internal services on other Broker VM installations. The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-2184

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-2184

    30-day exploitation probability 0.17%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24615

    A credential management flaw in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM causes different Broker VM images to share identical default credentials for internal services. Users knowing these default credentials could access internal services on other Broker VM installations. The at

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026