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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2024-5918 json

PAN-OS: Improper Certificate Validation Enables Impersonation of a Legitimate GlobalProtect User

published 2024-11-14 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-47049

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An improper certificate validation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authorized user with a specially crafted client certificate to connect to an impacted GlobalProtect portal or GlobalProtect gateway as a different legitimate user. This attack is possible only if you "Allow Authentication with User Credentials OR Client Certificate."

Patch / fix

  • Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 10.1.11, 10.2.4-h5, 11.0.3, 11.1.0, 11.2.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-24-102-04 updated cvss 7.4

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808
    affected: vendor fix

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW
  • Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
  • Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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