CVE-2024-5921 GlobalProtect App: Insufficient Certificate Validation Leads to Privilege Escalation

What is CVE-2024-5921?

CVE-2024-5921 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App, published on 27 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

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Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5921?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Paloaltonetworks Globalprotect.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5921?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5921 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-5921 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5921 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App

• CVE-2025-4232 GlobalProtect: Authenticated Code Injection Through Wildcard on macOS High 8.5
• CVE-2021-3057 GlobalProtect App: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability When Connecting to Portal or Gateway High 8.1
• CVE-2023-0009 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability High 7.8
• CVE-2022-0016 GlobalProtect App: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability When Using Connect Before Logon High 7.4
• CVE-2025-0120 GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability High 7.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-ccr5-hmvm-37q5.