{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"LDAP Passwords Logged in Clear Text"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2012-6596","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-03-11T22:36:22.936Z","generator":{"date":"2026-03-11T22:36:22.936Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2012-6596","initial_release_date":"2012-04-27T23:30:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-03-11T15:36:22.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2012-6596","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-507","PANW-PAN-OS-506"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-505","PANW-PAN-OS-503"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"An issue exists whereby LDAP bind passwords are logged to authd.log in clear text when using the default logging level of 'debug'.  (Ref #35493)\nThis issue results in administrator passwords being logged and stored in clear text.  Inappropriate access to this information can lead to unauthorized administration of the device.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 4.1.2 and earlier; PAN-OS 4.0.8 and earlier; PAN-OS 3.1 is not affected."}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2012-6596","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6596"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2012-6596","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6596"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"An issue exists whereby LDAP bind passwords are logged to authd.log in clear text when using the default logging level of 'debug'.  (Ref #35493)\nThis issue results in administrator passwords being logged and stored in clear text.  Inappropriate access to this information can lead to unauthorized administration of the device.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 4.1.2 and earlier; PAN-OS 4.0.8 and earlier; PAN-OS 3.1 is not affected."}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.2,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-505","PANW-PAN-OS-503"]}]}]}