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.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Palo Alto NetworksExpedition
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 1.2 up to but excluding 1.2.92 (affected); at 1.2.92 unaffected

Timeline

  1. 10 Jul 2024 Initial publication
  2. 10 Jul 2024 Published
  3. 7 Nov 2024 CVE-2024-5910 added to CISA KEV
  4. 7 Nov 2024 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References