Authenticated code execution via malicious Terraform file
Published Aug 13, 2025 · Updated Aug 13, 2025
Unsafe deserialization in Palo Alto Networks Checkov 3.2.0 through 3.2.414 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. Palo Alto Networks has not published the deserialization locus or the operation that interprets the malicious Terraform content. Exploitation requires a non-administrative Prisma Cloud user to submit a crafted Terraform file and the service to scan that untrusted file.
Summary
What happened
Unsafe deserialization in Palo Alto Networks Checkov 3.2.0 through 3.2.414 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. Palo Alto Networks has not published the deserialization locus or the operation that interprets the malicious Terraform content. Exploitation requires a non-administrative Prisma Cloud user to submit a crafted Terraform file and the service to scan that untrusted file.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2180
- Published
- Aug 13, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Palo Alto Networks
- Product
- Checkov
- Classifications
- CWE-502, CAPEC-248, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.2.0 <3.2.415 changes=[{"at":"3.2.415","status":"unaffected"}]
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