CVE-2024-9463
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-9463 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-11-14) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2024-9463 is indexed in GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2024-9463 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-9463: Palo Alto Networks Expedition OS Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-11-14
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