CVE-2024-9463: Palo Alto Networks Expedition OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Palo Alto Networks Expedition contains an OS command injection vulnerability that 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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An OS command injection vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary OS commands as root, leading to disclosure of sensitive information.
- Who is affected
- Users of Palo Alto Networks Expedition.
- Urgency
- Critical urgency for remediation due to active exploitation and severity of the vulnerability.
- Action
- Update Expedition to the latest version to address this vulnerability.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9463
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2024-9463Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-9463 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Palo Alto Networks
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- high[NEW] [high] Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-10
- medium[NEW] [medium] Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM: Vulnerability allows privilege escalationcert-bund · 2026-07-10
- unknownCVE-2026-0276: A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a loca…nvd · 2026-07-09
- unknownCVE-2026-0275: A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Browser allows a local…nvd · 2026-07-09
- unknownCVE-2026-0287: Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allow an unau…nvd · 2026-07-09
- unknownCVE-2026-0286: A command injection vulnerability in the management plane of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® softwar…nvd · 2026-07-09
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