vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App: CVE-2024-5921: Insufficient Certificate Validation Leads to Privilege Escalation

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 26, 2024
Added
May 21, 2025
Modified
Nov 11, 2025

Description

An insufficient certificate validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app enables attackers to connect the GlobalProtect app to arbitrary servers. This can enable a local non-administrative operating system user or an attacker on the same subnet to install malicious root certificates on the endpoint and subsequently install malicious software signed by the malicious root certificates on that endpoint.

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Solution

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