Palo Alto Networks Expedition OS Command Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2024-9463 is a security vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Expedition, added to CISA KEV on November 14, 2024. Patch priority: Patch this week.
What it is
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.
VulnCheck tracked exploitation 30 days before CISA's KEV listing. VulnCheck's broader catalog of in-the-wild exploitation evidence picked this up before it landed on CISA's formal list. Per-CVE fact about this entry; not a population claim about lead time in general.
Who's affected
Affects anyone behind a Palo Alto firewall or using GlobalProtect VPN. The firewall is the network edge; the VPN is how remote workers reach inside the perimeter — exploitation puts an attacker on the internal network without touching a workstation.
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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Insurance readiness
Your insurer will ask if this is patched.
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CVSS base score: 7.5 — HIGH
Weakness classification: CWE-78
CISA due date
Federal deadline: December 5, 2024. Federal agencies must complete the required action by this date. For private SMBs the deadline is advisory — but treat it as a strong recommendation, especially if you handle regulated data (HIPAA, GLBA, ABA model rules).
EPSS
EPSS score: 98.5% — higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.
EPSS estimates the probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days. Every entry on this site is already confirmed exploited, so read it as relative urgency among the things you still have open, not as permission to wait.
Other exploited Palo Alto Networks Expedition entries
More CISA KEV entries for Palo Alto Networks Expedition. Same product line, same actively-exploited status.
Source
This entry comes from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, public US-Government data we pull daily. The plain-language framing and the what-to-do guidance above are ours. View the original entry on cisa.gov.