CVE-2024-5910
Expedition: Missing Authentication Leads to Admin Account Takeover
- Critical 9.3
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 7 Nov 2024
Description
Missing authentication for a critical function in Palo Alto Networks Expedition can lead to an Expedition admin account takeover for attackers with network access to Expedition. Note: Expedition is a tool aiding in configuration migration, tuning, and enrichment. Configuration secrets, credentials, and other data imported into Expedition is at risk due to this issue.
Key facts
- Published
- 10 Jul 2024
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- palo_alto
- KEV added
- 7 Nov 2024
- KEV fix due
- 28 Nov 2024
- EPSS
- 91.684% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.818% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 9.3CVSS 4.0, Criticalfrom the CNA (palo_alto)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Red
What to do
- This issue is fixed in Expedition 1.2.92 and all later versions.CNA solution statement
- Ensure networks access to Expedition is restricted to authorized users, hosts, or networks.CNA workaround statement
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.
CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass (CNA impact statement)
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | Expedition |
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Timeline
- 10 Jul 2024 Initial publication
- 10 Jul 2024 Published
- 7 Nov 2024 CVE-2024-5910 added to CISA KEV
- 7 Nov 2024 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue