CVE-2024-5918

Summary

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."

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksCloud NGFWAllunaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS11.2.0unaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS11.1.0unaffected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS11.0.0 < 11.0.3affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS10.2.0 < 10.2.4-h5affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS10.1.0 < 10.1.11affected
Palo Alto NetworksPrisma AccessAllunaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-295: CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

Workarounds

You can mitigate this issue by setting the "Allow Authentication with User Credentials OR Client Certificate" option to "No." Additional information is available here: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/11-0/pan-os-web-interface-help/globalprotect/network-globalprotect-portals/globalprotect-portals-authentication-configuration-tab

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References