CyberCVE

CVE-2025-4234

Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack: Cleartext Exposure of Credentials

Severity
Low 2.4
CVSS 4.0
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.001
2.7th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Published by the vendor
Published
Sep 12, 2025
Assigned by palo_alto

Description

A problem with the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack can result in exposure of user credentials in application logs. Normally, these application logs are only viewable by local users and are included when generating logs for troubleshooting purposes. This means that these credentials are exposed to recipients of the application logs.

Weakness: CWE-532

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Endpoint / EDR cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (1)
  • Palo Alto Networks · Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack

Credit

RC

Vendor remediation

Version Minor Version Suggested Solution Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack 4.6 on Windows 4.6.0 through 4.6.4 Upgrade to 4.6.5 or later. Rotate any Client Secrets for Azure Applications that attempted connection with the Microsoft 365 Defender Pack.

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