CVE-2026-0268 (GCVE-0-2026-0268)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-10 20:40
Modified
2026-06-11 13:57
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-424 - Improper Protection of Alternate Path
Summary
A security control bypass vulnerability in Prisma Access Agent for Linux allows a local attacker to route network traffic outside the VPN tunnel. This does not impact Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, or ChromeOS.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent Version: 0   < 26.2.1
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