CVE-2024-5910

CVE-2024-5910 is a missing authentication flaw (CWE-306) in Palo Alto Networks Expedition, a tool used to migrate, tune, and enrich firewall configurations. An attacker with network access to an Expedition instance can exploit the unauthenticated critical function to take over the Expedition admin account without any credentials. Once in control, the attacker can access configuration secrets, credentials, and other data imported into Expedition, and public research (horizon3.ai) shows it can be chained with other Expedition bugs for full system compromise. Any organization running Expedition — particularly instances reachable from the internet or shared networks — is affected. The flaw is actively exploited: it was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-11-07, carries a 91.8% EPSS exploitation probability, and is being exploited alongside related Expedition and firewall bugs (CVE-2024-9463, CVE-2024-9465).

What to do: Apply the vendor's patched Expedition release per Palo Alto Networks' advisory; if the tool is no longer needed, decommission or discontinue it, as CISA permits. Until patched, restrict network access to Expedition to trusted management hosts and remove it from internet exposure. Check Expedition logs for signs of unauthorized admin access and rotate any credentials or secrets stored in the tool.