Unsafe Deserialization Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Checkov
CVE-2025-2180

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks
Status
Checkov By Prisma Cloud
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 August 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

What is CVE-2025-2180?

An unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Checkov by Prisma® Cloud allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as non-administrative users. This occurs when scanning a malicious Terraform file, highlighting significant security concerns for users operating versions 3.0 prior to 3.2.415.

Affected Version(s)

Checkov by Prisma Cloud 3.2.0 < 3.2.415

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2025-2180
vendor-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Palo Alto Networks thanks Bryan Eastes for discovering and reporting this issue.
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CVE-2025-2180 : Unsafe Deserialization Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Checkov