/Vulnerability Library

PAN-OS Management Interface - Path Confusion to Authentication Bypass

CVE-2025-0108
Verified

Description

A vulnerability in PAN-OS management interface allows authentication bypass through path confusion between Nginx and Apache handlers.The issue occurs due to differences in path processing between Nginx and Apache, where double URL encoding combined with directory traversal can bypass authentication checks enforced by X-pan-AuthCheck header.

Severity

Critical

CVSS Score

10

Exploit Probability

98%

Affected Product

pan-os

Published Date

February 13, 2025

Template Author

halencarjunior, ritikchaddha

CVE-2025-0108.yaml
10.0Score

CVSS Metrics

CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE ID:
cve-2025-0108
CWE ID:
cwe-287

References

https://slcyber.io/blog/nginx-apache-path-confusion-to-auth-bypass-in-pan-os/

Remediation Steps

Upgrade to the patched version of PAN-OS as specified in the vendor security advisory.