Palo Alto Networks Expedition up to 1.2.91 missing authentication

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Palo Alto Networks Expedition up to 1.2.91. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in missing authentication. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-5910. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto Networks Expedition up to 1.2.91. It has been classified as very critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE 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.

The weakness was published by Brian Hysell. It is possible to read the advisory at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-5910 since 06/12/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/28/2025).

The exploit is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 11/07/2024 with a due date of 11/28/2024:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading to version 1.2.92 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (52129). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Palo Alto Networks

Name

• Expedition

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14
• 1.2.15
• 1.2.16
• 1.2.17
• 1.2.18
• 1.2.19
• 1.2.20
• 1.2.21
• 1.2.22
• 1.2.23
• 1.2.24
• 1.2.25
• 1.2.26
• 1.2.27
• 1.2.28
• 1.2.29
• 1.2.30
• 1.2.31
• 1.2.32
• 1.2.33
• 1.2.34
• 1.2.35
• 1.2.36
• 1.2.37
• 1.2.38
• 1.2.39
• 1.2.40
• 1.2.41
• 1.2.42
• 1.2.43
• 1.2.44
• 1.2.45
• 1.2.46
• 1.2.47
• 1.2.48
• 1.2.49
• 1.2.50
• 1.2.51
• 1.2.52
• 1.2.53
• 1.2.54
• 1.2.55
• 1.2.56
• 1.2.57
• 1.2.58
• 1.2.59
• 1.2.60
• 1.2.61
• 1.2.62
• 1.2.63
• 1.2.64
• 1.2.65
• 1.2.66
• 1.2.67
• 1.2.68
• 1.2.69
• 1.2.70
• 1.2.71
• 1.2.72
• 1.2.73
• 1.2.74
• 1.2.75
• 1.2.76
• 1.2.77
• 1.2.78
• 1.2.79
• 1.2.80
• 1.2.81
• 1.2.82
• 1.2.83
• 1.2.84
• 1.2.85
• 1.2.86
• 1.2.87
• 1.2.88
• 1.2.89
• 1.2.90
• 1.2.91

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