Is CVE-2024-5921 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-5921 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-5921?

CVE-2024-5921 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-5921?

CVE-2024-5921 has an EPSS score of 1.45% (70th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5921?

Upgrade globalprotect to 6.1.6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-5921

HIGHEPSS 70th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

globalprotectNVD

Affected:>= 6.1.0, < 6.1.6Fixed in:6.1.6CVE-2024-5921derived from NVD

Affected:>= 6.1.0, < 6.1.7Fixed in:6.1.7CVE-2024-5921derived from NVD

Affected:>= 6.1.0, < 6.2.1Fixed in:6.2.1CVE-2024-5921derived from NVD

Affected:>= 6.3.0, < 6.3.2Fixed in:6.3.2CVE-2024-5921derived 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 VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

70thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

blog.amberwolf.com

Vendor Advisory1

security.paloaltonetworks.com

Other references1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-4000	Low	3.7	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-0601	High	8.1	89%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2009-3555	Critical	9.8	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-26923	High	8.8	83%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-27823	Critical	9.8	53%	-	-
CVE-2022-42979	High	8.8	24%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-06-27.