# CVE-2024-9466: Expedition: Cleartext Storage of Information Leads to Firewall Admin Credential Disclosure

> An authenticated attacker can reveal firewall usernames, passwords, and API keys stored in cleartext by Palo Alto Networks Expedition.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 4 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3wg5-x88w-52fj

## What is CVE-2024-9466?

CVE-2024-9466 is a high-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Expedition, published on 9 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Expedition allows an authenticated attacker to reveal firewall usernames, passwords, and API keys generated using those credentials.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information), CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9466?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Paloaltonetworks Expedition.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9466?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9466 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9466 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- CVE-2024-9466 poc (github_poc): https://github.com/holypryx/CVE-2024-9466

## Other vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks Expedition

- [CVE-2024-9463](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9463/): Palo Alto Networks Expedition OS Command Injection (critical 9.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-5910](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5910/): Palo Alto Networks Expedition Missing Authentication (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-9465](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9465/): Palo Alto Networks Expedition SQL Injection (critical 9.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-10143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10143/): Command injection in Palo Alto Networks Expedition (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-9464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9464/): Expedition: Authenticated OS Command Injection Vulnerability Leads to Firewall Admin Credential Disclosure (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9466 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9466 is a high-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Expedition, published on 9 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Palo Alto Networks Expedition. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9466/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9466/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9466
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9466
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9466

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9466/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.