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.

CVSS v3 4.4 MEDIUM

4.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0232	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:::::critical_environment:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:7.9::::critical_environment:::
	cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3::::critical_environment:::
	cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.9.0:-:::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:cortex_xdr_agent:9.0.0:-:::-:::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-13 08:16

Updated : 2026-07-07 18:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-0232

Mitre link : CVE-2026-0232

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-0232

JSON object : View

Products Affected

paloaltonetworks

cortex_xdr_agent

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-15

External Control of System or Configuration Setting

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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