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CVE-2024-9463

Palo Alto Networks Expedition OS Command Injection Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.9EPSS 98.5%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 5 December 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

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 4.0
9.9 CRITICALCVSS: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/M
EPSS
98.55% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 14 November 2024 · due 5 December 2024
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
paloaltonetworks/expedition
Source
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/PAN-SA-2024-0010 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9463

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.