CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-5918

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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."

How to fix

Remediation Available
pan-osNVD
Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.3Fixed in:11.0.3CVE-2024-5918derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days
7thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 7% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2015-4000Low3.7100%-Fix
CVE-2020-0601High8.189%KEVFix
CVE-2009-3555Critical9.887%-Fix
CVE-2022-26923High8.883%KEVFix
CVE-2023-27823Critical9.853%--
CVE-2022-42979High8.824%--
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