{"id":"CVE-2026-0246","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-0246","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:29:41.142Z","title":"A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM on Windows.","description":"A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows the user to execute arbitrary code and read sensitive information otherwise accessible only to privileged accounts.\n\n\n\nThe Prisma Access Agent on iOS, Android and Chrome OS are not affected.","published":"2026-05-13T19:16:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T14:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":["paloaltonetworks/prisma access agent"],"epss":{"score":0.00147,"percentile":0.03868,"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 (0.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2026-0246","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0246","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."}