cve-2025-2182
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-13 17:03
Modified
2025-08-13 20:32
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
PAN-OS: Firewall Clusters using the MACsec Protocol Expose the Connectivity Association Key (CAK)
References
Impacted products
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