CVE-2024-5918 Details
An improper certificate validation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authorized user with a specially crafted client certificate to connect to an impacted GlobalProtect portal or GlobalProtect gateway as a different legitimate user. This attack is possible only if you "Allow Authentication with User Credentials OR Client Certificate."
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-5918
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
0.06 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (17th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2024-5918
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
4.3 Medium
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CVE-2024-5918 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 81 27.93%
DE 43 14.83%
IN 21 7.24%
HK 14 4.83%
GB 8 2.76%
FR 7 2.41%
CA 7 2.41%
CN 7 2.41%
JP 6 2.07%
TR 6 2.07%

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CVE-2024-5918 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 89 49.17%
Telecommunications 69 38.12%
Government/Politics 3 1.66%
Manufacturing 3 1.66%
Consumer Goods 2 1.10%
Business Services 2 1.10%
Transportation 2 1.10%
Tourism/Hospitality 2 1.10%
Utilities 2 1.10%
Finance 1 0.55%

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