CVE-2024-9463 is a critical OS command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Expedition that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root. This enables the disclosure of sensitive data, including usernames, cleartext passwords, and device configurations from PAN-OS firewalls. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality impact. Notably, this CVE is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in CISA's KEV catalog and extensive community discussion, with Nuclei templates available for detection.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.96CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:expedition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Amber
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.