CVE-2026-0276 (GCVE-0-2026-0276)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 19:17 – Updated: 2026-07-11 03:55
VLAI
Title
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.
Severity
1.1 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-269 - — Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM Affected: 20.0.96 , < 31.0.58 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-07-08 16:00
Credits
Palo Alto Networks thanks Martin Rougeron for discovering and reporting this issue
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