CVE-2026-0232
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.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 4
- CVSS vector
- 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
- EPSS probability
- 0.15%
- CWE
- CWE-15
- Published
- 2026-04-13
- Last modified
- 2026-04-13
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent
Weakness type
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