CVE-2026-0294 (GCVE-0-2026-0294)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-13 01:54
Modified
2026-08-13 13:29
Severity ?
6.0 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Access Agent app on Windows and macOS devices enables a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. The Prisma Access Agent on Linux, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS is not affected.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent Version: 0   < 26.3
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