FKIE_CVE-2026-0232

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-13 08:16 - Updated: 2026-07-07 18:19
Severity
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
psirt@paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0232Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
paloaltonetworks cortex_xdr_agent *
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
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