Palo Alto Expedition - Admin Account Takeover Vulnerability - 20240712001

Overview

Palo Alto Networks, has released a critical security advisory related to Palo Alto Expedition configuration management tool.

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.

What is vulnerable?

Product(s) Affected	Version(s) Affected	CVE	CVSS	Severity
Palo Alto Expedition	1.2 lower than 1.2.92	CVE-2024-5910	9.3	Critical

Recommendation

The WA SOC recommends administrators apply the solutions as per vendor instructions to all affected devices within expected timeframe (refer Patch Management):

Reference(s)

• Palo Alto: https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5910

Additional Reference(s)

• SecurityOnline: https://securityonline.info/cve-2024-5910-critical-vulnerability-threatens-palo-alto-networks-expedition/

Change Log

• 2024-July-12: Initial publication.
• 2024-November-11: Update of vulnerability information.