Expedition

CVE-2024-5910: Missing Authentication Leads to Admin Account Takeover

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.

Published

ExploitedYes, in CISA KEVAdded 7 Nov 2024
Ransomware useNot reportedPer CISA
SeverityCRITICALCVSS 4.0 9.3
EPSS92%Chance of exploitation in 30 days
Public exploitNot tracked
FixAvailable

Automatic summary from the vendor's CVE record. We haven't written a full analysis of this vulnerability yet.

Affected and fixed versions

Product / branchFixed in
Expedition 1.21.2.92 or later

Always confirm against the vendor advisory, which lists every fixed hotfix.

What it is

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.

Workarounds

Ensure network access to Expedition is restricted to authorized users, hosts, or networks.

Exploitation

Palo Alto Networks is aware of reports from CISA that there is evidence of active exploitation for this CVE. More information can be found at https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/07/cisa-adds-four-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.

CISA lists this CVE as exploited in the wild since 7 Nov 2024.

Sources

KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 10 Oct 2026.

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