7.8

CVE-2026-0246

Prisma Access Agent: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Paloaltonetworks ≫ Prisma Access Agent Version < 26.2.1
   Apple ≫ macOS Version-
   Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version-
   Microsoft ≫ Windows Version-
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.15% 0.044
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
NIST 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com 5.9 0 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
CWE-862 Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0246
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