Palo Alto Networks Expedition Missing Authentication Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2024-11-07
• EPSS: 92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 100% of CVEs)
• Critical severity: CVSS 9.8

[ Description ]Official description

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.

CISA: Palo Alto Networks Expedition contains a missing authentication vulnerability that allows an attacker with network access to takeover an Expedition admin account and potentially access configuration secrets, credentials, and other data.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 28 Nov 2024): Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5910Vendor Advisory
• www.horizon3.ai/attack-research/palo-alto-expedition-from-n-day-to-full-compromiseExploitThird Party Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource