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CVE-2026-0232

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 28/100
Published: 2026-04-13 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: High
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: None
VA: High

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (5)

VendorProductVersion
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent 8.7.0 – 8.7.101
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent 7.9
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent 8.3
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent 8.9.0
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent 9.0.0

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

28 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

4.0 / 10.0 v4.0
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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.15%
Raw Score 0.001460
Percentile 3.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00146
2026-10-28
0.00146

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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