The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert regarding the active exploitation of a critical vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks‘ Expedition tool. Tracked as CVE-2024-5910, this flaw allows attackers to bypass authentication in the Expedition migration tool, potentially gaining control of an admin account. This could enable malicious actors to access sensitive data, including configuration secrets and credentials. The vulnerability has been assigned a high CVSS score of 9.3 and impacts all Expedition versions before 1.2.92, which was released in July 2024 to address the issue.
CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog after confirming evidence of its active exploitation. While no specific details are available regarding the current real-world attacks using this flaw, Palo Alto Networks has acknowledged the issue and confirmed its awareness of the exploitation reports. Organizations using the affected versions of Expedition are urged to update to version 1.2.92 or higher as soon as possible to mitigate the risk of a security breach.
In addition to the Palo Alto Networks vulnerability, CISA’s KEV catalog now includes two other critical vulnerabilities. One is in the Android Framework (CVE-2024-43093), which is under limited targeted exploitation. The second, CVE-2024-51567, is a critical flaw in CyberPanel that allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute root-level commands. This vulnerability has been patched in CyberPanel version 2.3.8. Both vulnerabilities pose significant risks to users and systems, highlighting the need for swift patching to prevent exploitation.
CISA has recommended that all Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies remediate the vulnerabilities by November 28, 2024. Organizations in both the public and private sectors are encouraged to review their systems for these vulnerabilities and apply the necessary updates. Failure to address these issues could leave networks vulnerable to active attacks, including ransomware and unauthorized access to sensitive data. Regular patching and proactive monitoring are essential steps in safeguarding against these evolving cyber threats.
