{"id":"CVE-2021-3047","aliases":["EUVD-2021-26399","GHSA-jgpx-vx43-89ff"],"status":"published","title":"PAN-OS: Weak Cryptography Used in Web Interface Authentication","description":"A cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) is used during authentication to the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface. This enables an authenticated attacker, with the capability to observe their own authentication secrets over a long duration on the PAN-OS appliance, to impersonate another authenticated web interface administrator's session. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.19; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.10; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.4. PAN-OS 10.1 versions are not impacted.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00452,"percentile":0.39568,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-338"],"published":"2021-08-11T17:10:17Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:04:37Z","products":[{"vendor":"palo alto networks","product":"pan-os"},{"vendor":"paloaltonetworks","product":"pan-os"}],"references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3047","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3047"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jgpx-vx43-89ff"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-3047","title":"PAN-OS: Weak Cryptography Used in Web Interface Authentication","description":"A cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) is used during authentication to the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface. This enables an authenticated attacker, with the capability to observe their own authentication secrets over a long duration on the PAN-OS appliance, to impersonate another authenticated web interface administrator's session. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.19; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.10; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.4. PAN-OS 10.1 versions are not impacted.","status":"published","published":"2021-08-11T17:10:17.831Z","modified":"2024-09-17T02:32:37.786Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-338"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:04.020035Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2021-26399","description":"A cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) is used during authentication to the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface. This enables an authenticated attacker, with the capability to observe their own authentication secrets over a long duration on the PAN-OS appliance, to impersonate another authenticated web interface administrator's session. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.19; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.10; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.4. PAN-OS 10.1 versions are not impacted.","status":"published","published":"2021-08-11T17:10:17Z","modified":"2024-09-17T02:32:37Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:28:39.580336Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-jgpx-vx43-89ff","title":"A cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) is used during authentication to...","description":"A cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) is used during authentication to the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface. This enables an authenticated attacker, with the capability to observe their own authentication secrets over a long duration on the PAN-OS appliance, to impersonate another authenticated web interface administrator's session. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.19; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.10; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.4. PAN-OS 10.1 versions are not impacted.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T19:10:41Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:01:29Z","cwes":["CWE-338"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:46:25.069065Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2021-3047","description":"A cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) is used during authentication to the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface. This enables an authenticated attacker, with the capability to observe their own authentication secrets over a long duration on the PAN-OS appliance, to impersonate another authenticated web interface administrator's session. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.19; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.10; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.4. PAN-OS 10.1 versions are not impacted.","status":"published","published":"2021-08-11T17:15:07.523Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:04:37.667Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":3.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":3.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-338"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:56.943671Z"}]}}