CVE-2024-5910
CVE-2024-5910 is a security flaw in Palo Alto Networks Expedition. Attackers can get into Palo Alto Networks Expedition without a valid password. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 7 Nov 2024.[1]
Palo Alto Networks Expedition is business software or equipment. Most families won’t have it, but attackers break into it to get inside companies, and from there to what those companies hold about their customers, patients and staff. Fixed in version 1.2.92.
Description
CISA calls it a missing authentication in Palo Alto Networks Expedition. In its words: “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.”[1]
The CVE record adds: “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.”[2]
The underlying weakness is missing authentication (CWE-306), in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.
It scores 9.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it critical, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record lists these fixed versions: in each line, everything before the version shown is affected.[2]
| Product | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Expedition | 1.2.92 |
| expedition | 1.2.92 |
Most families won’t have Palo Alto Networks Expedition; it’s for whoever looks after IT at work.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 7 Nov 2024, 120 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 28 Nov 2024 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 92%. That’s in the top 1% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as automatable: attackers can run it against many targets at once.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Palo Alto Networks has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”[1]
- Check whether you use it.Palo Alto Networks Expedition is business software or equipment, so most families won’t have it. If you run a business, or work from home on company equipment, ask whoever looks after your IT.
- Send this page to your IT person.Ask them to confirm it’s fixed (fixed in version 1.2.92), or not in use. CISA gave US government agencies until 28 Nov 2024 to fix it.
- If it can’t be fixed, take it offline.CISA’s advice when there’s no fix is to stop using the product, or take it off the internet, until there is one.
You can’t fix someone else’s server, but you can watch for what follows a break-in like this: a breach notice, a password reset you didn’t ask for, or a scam message that knows things it shouldn’t. HARD watches for those for you and your family.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 9.8.[2] | |
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 92%.[4] |
See also
Other Palo Alto Networks Expedition flaws
- CVE-2024-9465: SQL injection ·
- CVE-2024-9463: OS command injection ·
Other Palo Alto Networks flaws
- CVE-2026-0322, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: code injection ·
- CVE-2026-0257, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: authentication bypass ·
- CVE-2026-0300, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: out-of-bounds write ·
- CVE-2025-0111, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: file read ·
- CVE-2025-0108, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: authentication bypass ·
Other missing authentication flaws
- CVE-2026-111357, Ivanti Connect Secure: missing authentication for critical function ·
- CVE-2026-67277, MikroTik RouterOS: missing authentication for critical function ·
- CVE-2026-81578, PaperCut NG/MF: missing authentication for critical function ·
- CVE-2026-72529, TrueConf Server: missing authentication for critical function ·
- CVE-2026-56164, Microsoft SharePoint Server: missing authentication for critical function ·
Added the same day
- CVE-2024-51567, CyberPersons CyberPanel: incorrect default permissions ·
- CVE-2024-43093, Android Framework: privilege escalation ·
- CVE-2019-16278, Nostromo nhttpd: directory traversal ·
Every Palo Alto Networks flaw on CISA’s list · Everything added in November 2024
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Palo Alto Networks Expedition Missing Authentication Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 7 Nov 2024.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2024-5910 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 10 Jul 2024.
- ^ Palo Alto Networks. Advisories and fixes: security.paloaltonetworks.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.917, percentile 99.8, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2024-5910”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.