CVE-2024-5921 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-5921: GlobalProtect App: Insufficient Certificate Validation Leads to Privilege Escalation

Vendor Palo Alto Networks
Product GlobalProtect App
Weakness CWE-295
Published November 27, 2024
Last update February 20, 2025

CVSS base score

6.0/10
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 27, 2024 CVE published
February 20, 2025 Record updated