PT-2024-37240 · Palo Alto Networks · Pan-Os

Published 2024-11-13 · Updated 2025-10-01 · CVE-2024-5918

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to an improper certificate validation in the software, allowing 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 is possible only when the configuration is set to "Allow Authentication with User Credentials OR Client Certificate."

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5918

Affected Products

Pan-Os

References · 7

• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5918 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/137087 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1857065019487195510 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/10916 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1857059080960975242 · Twitter Post