What is CVE-2025-4234?

CVE-2025-4234 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with Low severity. CVE-2025-4234 Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack: Cleartext Exposure of Credentials

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2025-4234 cover?

CVE-2025-4234 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-4234. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2025-4234?

CVE-2025-4234 affects 1 product, including: Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack.

CVE-2025-4234Low

CVE-2025-4234 Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack: Cleartext Exposure of Credentials

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

September 10, 2025

Last Modified

September 10, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 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.

🎯 Affected products1

Cortex XDR Microsoft 365 Defender Pack

✅ 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. Workarounds and mitigations: No known workarounds exist for this issue.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-4234