The earliest recollection of this bug is traced back to PAN-OS 8.1.19 - January 09, 2024. This bug is fixed in PAN-OS versions 9.1.6, 8.1.19. A fix was made to address a vulnerability related to information exposure through log files in PAN-OS where secrets in PAN-OS XML API requests were logged in cleartext in the web server logs when the API was used incorrectly ( CVE-2021-3036 ). For more information: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-8-1-addressed-issues/pan-os-8-1-19-addressed-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-9-1-addressed-issues/pan-os-9-1-6-addressed-issues