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All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-03-11T22:35:17.124Z","generator":{"date":"2026-03-11T22:35:17.124Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.1.0-dev"}},"id":"CVE-2024-5921","initial_release_date":"2024-11-26T02:45:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2024-11-25T18:45:00.000Z","summary":"Initial publication"},{"number":"2","date":"2024-11-26T12:15:00.000Z","summary":"Clarified impact, solution, and added frequently asked questions"},{"number":"3","date":"2024-11-26T19:35:00.000Z","summary":"Added registry-based deployment option to solution, and added frequently asked questions"},{"number":"4","date":"2024-12-06T09:15:00.000Z","summary":"Updated affected products, added ETAs, clarified solution, and added frequently asked questions"},{"number":"5","date":"2024-12-13T13:50:00.000Z","summary":"Added note to the solution about potential performance 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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."}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2024-5921","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5921"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2024-5921","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-5921"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"An insufficient certificate validation issue in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app enables attackers to connect the GlobalProtect app to arbitrary servers. 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