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CVE-2026-0246

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 37/100
Published: 2026-05-13 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Description

A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts. The Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
paloaltonetworks prisma_access_agent < 26.2.1

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

37 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.9 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.15%
Raw Score 0.001470
Percentile 3.9%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00147
2026-10-28
0.00147

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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