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GHSA-RMFR-HR4X-H343

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-11 18:30 – Updated: 2026-03-11 18:30

Details

An information disclosure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR® Broker VM allows an authenticated user to obtain and modify sensitive information by triggering live terminal session via Cortex UI and modifying any configuration setting. The attacker must have network access to the Broker VM to exploit this issue.

Severity ?

5.7 (Medium)


                  
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CVE-2026-0231 (GCVE-0-2026-0231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 18:03 – Updated: 2026-03-11 20:21

Title

Cortex XDR Broker VM: Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Summary

Severity ?

5.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

CWE

CWE-497 - Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

Assigner

palo_alto

References

URL

Tags

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0231

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Broker VM	Affected: 30.0.0 , < 30.0.49 (custom)

Credits

an internal reporter, Nicola Kalak,

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-RMFR-HR4X-H343

CVE-2026-0231 (GCVE-0-2026-0231)

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