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FKIE_CVE-2026-0230

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-11 18:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:10

Severity

4.0 (Medium) - 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/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Summary

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on macOS allows a local administrator to disable the agent. This issue could be leveraged by malware to perform malicious activity without detection.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@paloaltonetworks.com	https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0230

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-0230 (GCVE-0-2026-0230)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 18:02 – Updated: 2026-03-11 20:19

Title

Cortex XDR Agent: Local Administrator can disable the agent on macOS

Summary

Severity

4 (Medium)


                        
                          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/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-11 20:18 UTC

CWE

CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Assigner

palo_alto mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0230	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Palo Alto Networks	Cortex XDR Agent	Unaffected: 9.1.0 (custom) Unaffected: 9.0.0 (custom) Unaffected: 8.9.0 (custom) Affected: 8.7-CE , < 8.7.101-CE (custom) Affected: 8.3-CE , < 8.3.102-CE (custom) cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.7-CE:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3-CE:::::macOS:: cpe:2.3:a:palo_alto_networks:cortex_xdr_agent:8.3.101-CE:::::macOS::

Date Public

2026-03-11 16:00

Credits

Michael Roitzsch, Barkhausen Institut gGmbH Carsten Weinhold, Barkhausen Institut gGmbH

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