CVE-2024-5921

HIGH

Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect - Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: rule

Description

An insufficient certification validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app enables attackers to connect the GlobalProtect app to arbitrary servers. This can enable a local non-administrative operating system user or an attacker on the same subnet to install malicious root certificates on the endpoint and subsequently install malicious software signed by the malicious root certificates on that endpoint. Please subscribe to our RSS feed https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/rss.xml to be alerted to new updates to this and other advisories.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5921

Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory exploit

https://blog.amberwolf.com/blog/2024/november/palo-alto-globalprotect---code-execution-and-privilege-escalation-via-malicious-vpn-server-cve-2024-5921/

Not Applicable exploit

https://github.com/AmberWolfCyber/NachoVPN

View Writeup ZIP pw:eip

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0038

EPSS Percentile 59.2%

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-295

Status published

Products (4)

paloaltonetworks/globalprotect 6.1.0 - 6.1.6

paloaltonetworks/globalprotect 6.1.0 - 6.1.7

paloaltonetworks/globalprotect 6.1.0 - 6.2.1

paloaltonetworks/globalprotect 6.1.0 - 6.2.6 (2 CPE variants)

Published Nov 27, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026