Is CVE-2024-5921 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-5921 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-06-27.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-5921?

CVE-2024-5921 has a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber.

How do I patch CVE-2024-5921?

Patch guidance is available from paloaltonetworks security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2024-5921.

Fix CVE-2024-5921 - HIGH paloaltonetworks globalprotect

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2024-5921?

7 products: paloaltonetworks globalprotect, paloaltonetworks globalprotect, paloaltonetworks globalprotect, paloaltonetworks globalprotect, paloaltonetworks globalprotect, and 2 more.

Description

An insufficient certification 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. Please subscribe to our RSS feed https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/rss.xml to be alerted to new updates to this and other advisories.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Confidentiality: undefined
Integrity: undefined
Availability: undefined
Weaknesses: CWE-295

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PALOALTONETWORKS
Published: 11/27/2024
Last Modified: 6/27/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD