CVE-2026-0276 (GCVE-0-2026-0276)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-09 19:17
Modified
2026-07-14 14:32
Severity ?
1.1 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-269 - — Improper Privilege Management
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions as the root user.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM Version: 20.0.96   < 31.0.58
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