CVE-2026-0232

MEDIUM EPSS 6.1%

Published Apr 13, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

4.0 CVSS 4.0

Medium

Published Apr 13, 2026 2mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A problem with a protection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows allows a local Windows administrator to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to perform malicious activity without detection.

CVSS Details

Base Score

4.0

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

User Interaction None

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

6.1% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-15

References 1

security.paloaltonetworks.com https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0232

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.