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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.\n\nPlease subscribe to  our RSS feed https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/rss.xml  to be alerted to new updates to this and other advisories.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.01456,"percentile":0.73828,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-295"],"published":"2024-11-27T03:50:13Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:16:55Z","products":[{"vendor":"palo alto networks","product":"globalprotect app"},{"vendor":"palo alto networks","product":"globalprotect ios app"},{"vendor":"palo alto networks","product":"globalprotect uwp app"},{"vendor":"paloaltonetworks","product":"globalprotect"}],"references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5921","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://blog.amberwolf.com/blog/2024/november/palo-alto-globalprotect---code-execution-and-privilege-escalation-via-malicious-vpn-server-cve-2024-5921/","tags":["exploit","Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/AmberWolfCyber/NachoVPN","tags":["exploit","Not Applicable"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5921"},{"url":"https://blog.amberwolf.com/blog/2024/november/palo-alto-globalprotect---code-execution-and-privilege-escalation-via-malicious-vpn-server-cve-2024-5921"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ccr5-hmvm-37q5"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-5921","title":"GlobalProtect App: Insufficient Certificate Validation Leads to Privilege Escalation","description":"An insufficient certification validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app enables attackers to connect the GlobalProtect app to arbitrary servers. 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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.\n\nPlease subscribe to  our RSS feed https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/rss.xml  to be alerted to new updates to this and other advisories.","status":"published","published":"2024-11-27T03:50:13Z","modified":"2025-02-20T22:30:01Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:53:26.353093Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-ccr5-hmvm-37q5","title":"An insufficient certification validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app...","description":"An insufficient certification validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app enables attackers to connect the GlobalProtect app to arbitrary servers. 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