# CVE-2024-9465: Palo Alto Expedition - Information Disclosure

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-9465 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-9465

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.2
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Palo Alto Networks Expedition
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))
- **Tags:** enterprise_software, firewall

## Description

An SQL injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Expedition allows an unauthenticated attacker to reveal Expedition database contents, such as password hashes, usernames, device configurations, and device API keys. With this, attackers can also create and read arbitrary files on the Expedition system.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-9465](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9465) is a SQL injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Expedition which allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive database contents, including password hashes, usernames, device configurations, and API keys. This flaw can also be exploited to create and read arbitrary files on the Expedition system, potentially leading to further compromise and unauthorized access to critical infrastructure.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 21st of January 2025.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2024-9465 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit the `/bin/configurations/parsers/Checkpoint/CHECKPOINT.php` endpoint by injecting SQL commands into the `signatureid` parameter, enabling unauthorized database queries and potential remote code execution.

## Timeline

- 2024-10-09: CVE Published. CVE-2024-9465 is published to NVD.
- 2024-11-14: CISA KEV. CVE-2024-9465 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2024-12-05: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).
- 2025-01-21: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-9465 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-12-17: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-9465 for the first time.

## References

- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/PAN-SA-2024-0010
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9465.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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