CVE-2025-0132
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Unauthenticated User Can Disable Internal Services
A missing authentication vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an unauthenticated user to disable certain internal services on the Broker VM.
The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Unauthenticated User Can Disable Internal Services
A missing authentication vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an unauthenticated user to disable certain internal services on the Broker VM.
The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.
- Record
CVE-2025-0132- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-14908
A missing authentication vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an unauthenticated user to disable certain internal services on the Broker VM.
The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.
- Record
EUVD-2025-14908- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-26h9-w3fm-wprg
A missing authentication vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an...
A missing authentication vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an unauthenticated user to disable certain internal services on the Broker VM.
The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.
- Record
GHSA-26h9-w3fm-wprg- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A missing authentication vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an unauthenticated user to disable certain internal services on the Broker VM.
The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.
- Record
CVE-2025-0132- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-0132 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xdr Broker Vm, published May 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.