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CVE-2024-9463
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Verified 2026-06-22
Palo Alto Networks Expedition vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks Expedition contains an OS command injection vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root, exposing credentials and firewall configurations.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject OS commands into Expedition to achieve root code execution, leading to disclosure of sensitive authentication material, device configurations, and API keys from managed PAN-OS firewalls.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
393 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-11-14).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.98393 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Palo Alto Networks, Expedition. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-78 OS Command Injection — weakness family: Injection.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious input to the Expedition interface that breaks out of intended command boundaries.
Business
The organization's network management layer is compromised without requiring valid credentials.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges on the Expedition server.
Business
Complete control of the management infrastructure enables lateral movement and persistence.
3
Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I extract stored credentials, cleartext passwords, and API keys for all managed PAN-OS firewalls.
Business
Firewall authentication material is exposed, enabling direct compromise of protected network perimeters.
4
Data at risk — exfiltration narrative 4
Attacker
I retrieve device configurations and security policies from the compromised management system.
Business
Security posture and network architecture details are disclosed to the attacker.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by palo_altoCNA
Credited with finding itEnrique Castillo of Palo Alto Networksfinder