CVE-2026-0232: medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
Cortex XDR Agent: Local Administrator can disable the agent on Windows
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4epss 0.1%
A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows allows a local Windows administrator to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to perform malicious activity without detection.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
Affected products
Palo Alto Networks · Cortex XDR AgentRelated CVEs — Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2024-5909MEDIUMCortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the AgentEPSS 0.4%CVE-2020-2049HIGHCortex XDR Agent: Improper control of loaded DLL leads to local privilege escalationEPSS 0.3%CVE-2023-3280MEDIUMCortex XDR Agent: Local Windows User Can Disable the AgentEPSS 0.3%CVE-2020-2020MEDIUMCortex XDR Agent: Exceptional condition denial-of-service (DoS)EPSS 0.3%CVE-2022-0014MEDIUMCortex XDR Agent: Unintended Program Execution When Using Live Terminal SessionEPSS 0.3%CVE-2021-3042HIGHCortex XDR Agent: Improper Control of User-Controlled File Leads to Local Privilege EscalationEPSS 0.2%