CVE-2026-0277 (GCVE-0-2026-0277)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-09 19:14
Modified
2026-07-10 14:19
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Summary
An improper certificate validation vulnerability in the Prisma® Access Agent for iOS enables an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack to intercept VPN traffic. The Prisma Access Agent on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and ChromeOS are not affected.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent Version: 0   < 26.2.1
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