CVE-2026-0230 (GCVE-0-2026-0230)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-11 18:02
Modified
2026-03-11 20:19
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
CWE
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Agent Patch: 9.1.0
Patch: 9.0.0
Patch: 8.9.0
Version: 8.7-CE   < 8.7.101-CE
Version: 8.3-CE   < 8.3.102-CE
    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:*:*
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