{"id":"CVE-2024-8690","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-8690","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:43:52.254Z","title":"This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.","description":"A problem with a detection mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows devices enables a user with Windows administrator privileges to disable the agent. This issue may be leveraged by malware to disable the Cortex XDR agent and then to perform malicious activity.","published":"2024-09-11T17:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:23:07.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-440"],"affected":["paloaltonetworks/cortex xdr agent"],"epss":{"score":0.00188,"percentile":0.08377,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-8690","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8690","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}