CVE-2024-9463

Status: AnalyzedCritical (9.9)⚠ Active exploitation💥 Exploit

An OS command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Expedition allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary OS commands as root in Expedition, resulting in disclosure of usernames, cleartext passwords, device configurations, and device API keys of PAN-OS firewalls.

CVSS

Version: 4.0
Vector: 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
Base score: 9.9

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 99%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
Score date: 9/29/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

CISA KEV — actively exploited

Added to catalog: 11/14/2024
Remediation due date: 12/5/2024
Known ransomware use: Unknown

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Nuclei template (automated mass detection) · PaloAlto Networks Expedition - Remote Code Execution
Proof of concept on GitHub (unverified) · List of proofs of concept on GitHub

⚠️ GitHub proofs of concept are not verified: some are fake or contain malware. Never run them outside an isolated lab.

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Primary impactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution95 %
Secondary impactT1005 Data from Local Systemcollection90 %
Secondary impactT1552.007 Container APIcredential access85 %

Inyección de comandos OS en aplicación expuesta sin autenticación (AV:N, PR:N). Ejecución arbitraria como root, acceso a credenciales en texto claro y configuraciones.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Vulnerability Scanning User Account Management Restrict Web-Based Content

Affected technologies (1)

Paloaltonetworks — Expedition

CWEs

CWE-78
CWE-78

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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